刀

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.3 Kanji 3.3.1 Readings 3.3.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 5.3 Phrase 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Han character

刀 (radical 18 刀+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] 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

刀 (jyutping dou1, Yale dou1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology

Compound of kata (“‘one, piece’”) and na (“‘blade’”).

[edit] Noun

刀 (hiragana かたな, romaji katana)

1. a single bladed sword; katana

[edit] Kanji

刀 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: とう (tō) < たう (tau), と (to)
• Kun: かたな (katana)

[edit] Compounds

• 木刀 (ぼくとう, bokutō): wooden sword
• 短刀 (たんとう, tantō): short sword
• 日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō): katana, Japanese sword, long sword with single-edge
• 刀工 (とうこう, tōkō): swordsmith

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[edit] Korean

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刀
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 칼()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

刀把儿 刀背, 刀背儿 刀笔 刀币 刀兵 刀叉 刀法 刀锋 刀斧手 刀耕火种 刀光剑影 刀具 刀锯 刀口 刀螂 刀马旦

刀片, 刀片儿 刀枪 刀鞘 刀刃, 刀刃儿 刀山火海 刀伤 刀削面 刀子 刀俎 刀柄 操刀 刺刀 大刀 军刀 大砍刀 短弯刀

[edit] Phrase

• 刀子嘴，豆腐心

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

刀 (*dɑu)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

刀 (đao, dao, đeo)