刀刃

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Chinese

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knife edge of blade
trad. (刀刃)
simp. #(刀刃)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (38)
Final () (89) (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter taw nyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑu/ /ȵiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑu/ /ȵinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑu/ /ȵʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/taw/ /ȵinH/
Li
Rong
/tɑu/ /ȵiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/tɑu/ /ȵʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tɑu/ /ȵʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dāo rèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou1 jan6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dāo rèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ taw › ‹ nyinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.tˁaw/ /*nə[n]-s/
English knife edge of a blade

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2108 10831
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*taːw/ /*njɯns/

Noun

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刀刃

  1. edge of a knife; knife blade
  2. (figurative) crucial point; pivotal point

Synonyms

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  • (crucial point): 刀口 (dāokǒu)

Derived terms

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