| 武 |
wǔ shì dāo | katana |
| 武 |
Wǔ | surname Wu |
| 武 |
wǔ | martial / military |
| 武 |
wǔ shì | warrior / samurai |
| 士 |
Shì | surname Shi |
| 士 |
shì | member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker |
| 刀 |
Dāo | surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo | knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把 / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs |