刁

See also: ㅋ and ヲ

刁 U+5201, 刁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5201 ← 刀 [U+5200] CJK Unified Ideographs 刂 → [U+5202]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

刁 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 尸一 (SM), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿹𠃌㇀)

Derived characters

• 叼, 汈, 𢆵, 䒒, 𨾆, 𩾗, 𪔸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 135, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1846
• Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 320, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5201

Chinese

simp. and trad.		刁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Variant of 刀 (dāo).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dia¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiau / thiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diao
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹
    • Yale: dyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dia¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tia⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹
    • Yale: dīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau / thiau
    • Tâi-lô: tiau / thiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaw, tiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³/, /tʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tew

Rime
Character	刁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都聊切
Baxter	tew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teu/
Pan Wuyun	/teu/
Shao Rongfen	/teu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛw/
Li Rong	/teu/
Wang Li	/tieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刁
Reading #	1/1
No.	2153
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	貂
Old Chinese	/*teːw/
Notes	刀轉註字見史記

Definitions

刁

1. treacherous; crafty; deceitful
2. to tempt
3. unkind
4. stammering
5. picky about food

   • 現在的孩子們啊嘴都刁著呢，啊。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     现在的孩子们啊嘴都刁着呢，啊。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 68

     Xiànzài de háizimen a zuǐ dōu diāo zhe ne, ā. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. to wring
7. to inveigle
8. ear of grains
9. to make (time)
10. a surname

Synonyms

• (treacherous):

• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
• 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 奸宄 (Hokkien)
• 奸巧 (Hokkien)
• 奸狡
• 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
• 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
• 姦刁／奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
• 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
• 油滑 (yóuhuá)
• 滑
• 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
• 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
• 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 陰濕／阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
• 陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
• 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

 

Compounds

• 刁健訟棍／刁健讼棍
• 刁刁
• 刁厥
• 刁嘴
• 刁天厥地
• 刁天撅地
• 刁天決地／刁天决地
• 刁姦／刁奸
• 刁徒
• 刁悍
• 刁惡／刁恶
• 刁拐
• 刁搔
• 刁斗
• 刁棍
• 刁民 (diāomín)
• 刁決／刁决
• 刁決古憋／刁决古憋
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁狡
• 刁皮
• 刁蕭／刁萧
• 刁虐
• 刁蠻／刁蛮 (diāomán)
• 刁訟／刁讼
• 刁詐／刁诈
• 刁話／刁话
• 刁蹬
• 刁蹬用強／刁蹬用强
• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁鑽古怪／刁钻古怪
• 刁難／刁难 (diāonàn)
• 刁頓／刁顿
• 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán)
• 刁風／刁风
• 刁風拐月／刁风拐月
• 刁騷／刁骚
• 千刁萬惡／千刁万恶
• 奸刁
• 撒刁
• 撒潑放刁／撒泼放刁
• 放刁
• 放刁把濫／放刁把滥
• 放刁撒潑／放刁撒泼
• 百般刁難／百般刁难 (bǎibān diāonàn)
• 石刁柏 (shídiāobǎi)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 凋 (“to wither; to fall; to exhaust; to fade; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 凋).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 碉 (“room made of stone; pillbox; blockhouse”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 碉).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 雕 (“to engrave; to inlay; to carve; carving; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 雕).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

刁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}

Proper noun

刁(とら) • (Tora) 

1. (obsolete, used in 15-17 century) Alternative form of 寅 (the third of the twelve Earthly Branches)

   刀 銘九州日向住国広作 天正十八年庚刁弐月吉日平顕長（山姥切）

Korean

Hanja

刁 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刁: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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