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だいとう
Meanings
Noun
1. long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword
2. straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
when read as "たち"
3. guandao; Chinese glaive
when read as "だいとう"
Alt. forms
太
た
刀
ち
80%
大
た
刀
ち
18%
だいとう
横
た
刀
ち
Pitch accent
だ
いとう
だ
いと
う
Used in: 17
Composed of
だい
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
とう
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)