刀

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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Alternative forms[edit]

  • 刂 (when used as a right Radical)

Etymology[edit]

Pictogram (象形)

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

Han character[edit]

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Radical 18 刀

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

Descendants[edit]

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References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 刀

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (刀, reconstructed)
Character (刀), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 端 (5)
Final: 豪
Division: I

Openness: Open
Tone: Level (Ø)

 Fanqie: 都勞切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/tɑu/ /tɑu/ /tɑu/ /tɑu/ /taw/ /tɑu/ /tɑu/
Old Chinese pronunciation (刀, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
刀 dāo ‹ taw › /*C.tˤaw/ knife

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 No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
刀 2108 刀 宵 1 /*taːw/

Noun[edit]

刀 (classifier 把)

  1. knife, blade
  2. single-edged sword, cutlass
  3. (slang) dollar (loanword)
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Descendants[edit]

Classifier[edit]

刀

  1. measure word for sets of one hundred sheets of paper

Phrase[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

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Kanji[edit]

See also:
刀

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds with irregular readings of 刀

Etymology 1[edit]

Compound of 片 (kata, “one side”) +‎ 刃 (na, “edge”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

刀 (hiragana かたな, romaji katana)

  1. (weaponry) a single-edged sword
  2. (weaponry) more specifically, a katana
  3. a small single-edged blade
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Chinese 刀 (taw). Compare modern Mandarin 刀 (dāo).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

刀 (hiragana とう, romaji tō, historical hiragana たう)

  1. a sword, a katana
  2. a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon
  3. a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword
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Terms beginning with 刀:

Terms ending with 刀:

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

刀 (do)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 도 (revised: do, McCune-Reischauer: to)
  • Name (hangeul): 칼()
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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

刀 (đao, dao, đeo)

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References[edit]

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