太刀

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	刀
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
Irregular

A back view of a samurai with a tachi in armor wearing a sashimono, holding a spear and a severed head.

Alternative forms

大刀

Etymology

From the nominalized form of 断つ (tatsu, “to sever”, verb). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓). Originally written as 大刀 (literally “great katana”) represented by straight swords, later written as 太刀 to represent curved swords.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) たち [táꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ta̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

太刀 (hiragana たち, rōmaji tachi)

a type of long sword

Derived terms

大太刀 (ōtachi, ōdachi)

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