刀

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 刂 (when used as a right Radical)

Etymology

Pictogram (象形)

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

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

Derived terms

• 罰
• Index:Chinese radical/刀

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

刀 (jyutping dou1, Yale dou1)

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Japanese

Kanji

刀 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

• 小刀
• 大刀
• 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
• 薙刀 (なぎなた, naginata): a halberd, (like a yari or long spear)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /katana/

Etymology

Compound of 片 (kata, “one side”) +‎ 刃 (na, “blade”).

Noun

刀 (hiragana かたな, romaji katana)

1. a single bladed sword; katana

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Korean

Hanja

刀
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 칼()

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

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 剪刀

Phrase

• 刀子嘴，豆腐心

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Middle Chinese

Han character

刀 (*dɑu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

刀 (đao, dao, đeo)