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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Alternative forms

  • (when used as a right Radical)

[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形)

刀 刀 刀 刀
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

(radical 18 +0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹 (SH), four-corner 17220)

  1. knife
  2. a type of Chinese sabre in the shape of a large knife
  3. a type of ancient coin
  4. measure

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 135, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1845
  • Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 319, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5200

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping dou1, Yale dou1)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /katana/

[edit] Etymology

Compound of  (kata, one side) +‎  (na, blade).

[edit] Noun

(hiragana かたな, romaji katana)

  1. a single bladed sword; katana

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: do, McCune-Reischauer: to)
  • Name (hangeul): ()

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin dāo (dao1), fèn (fen4), Wade-Giles tao1, fen4)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Phrase


[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*dɑu)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(đao, dao, đeo)

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