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書刀

書刀

See also: 书刀

Chinese

book; letter knife
trad. (書刀)
simp. (书刀)

Noun

書刀

  1. (historical)writing knife(knife used for preparing bamboo and wood for writing and for deleting and correcting writings on the tablets)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 2
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

書刀 (hiragana しょとう, romaji shotō, historical hiragana しょたう)

  1. small knife for cutting paper

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9