santoku

[ san-toh-koo ]

noun

1. a multipurpose Japanese kitchen knife, usually 5 to 7 inches long, with a fairly straight cutting edge and rounded tip.

Word History and Origins

Origin of santoku¹

First recorded in 2000–05; from Japanese: literally, “three virtues, three uses” (slicing, dicing, mincing), from san “three” + -toku “use, virtue”

Example Sentences

A Santoku knife is a Japanese chef’s knife with small indentations along the straight blade, in the style of a Chinese slicing cleaver.

From Washington Times

The shorter blade is slightly more curved at the tip and the shape borrows aspects of a Japanese santoku, so it’s wider than a Western chef knife, a useful feature.

From New York Times

To cut the corn, Jawad recommends using a santoku knife because it "is lighter and smaller in size as compared to a chef’s knife."

From Fox News

Other available Teigen products include her 12-piece aluminum cookware set and Serrated Santoku Knife.

From Fox News

The set’s Santoku knives can chop, dice or mince ingredients.

From Salon