刀

See also: ㄉ

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Stroke order

Alternative forms[edit]

刂 (when used as a right Radical)

Etymology[edit]

Pictogram (象形)


Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character[edit]

See images of
Radical 18 刀

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

Descendants[edit]

ㄉ

Derived terms[edit]

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]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dāo (dao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹
Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): tô
Min Dong (BUC): dŏ̤
Min Nan (POJ): to
Wu (WT Romanisation): tau (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ
  - Wade-Giles: tao¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dau
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - (file)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou¹
  - Yale: dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- Romanisations:
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô
  - IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /to²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dŏ̤
  - IPA ^(key): /to⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to
  - Tâi-lô: to
  - IPA (Taipei): /tə⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tə³⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - WT Romanisation: tau (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔ⁵³/

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)

knife, blade
single-edged sword, cutlass
(slang) dollar (loanword)

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

刀锯
刀口
刀螂
刀马旦
刀片, 刀片儿
刀枪
刀鞘 (dāoqiào)
刀刃 (dāorèn), 刀刃儿
刀山火海
刀伤
刀削面
刀子 (dāozi)
刀俎
短弯刀 (duǎnwāndāo)
剪刀 (jiǎndāo)
军刀

Descendants[edit]

Khmer: ដាវ (dav)

Classifier[edit]

刀

measure word for sets of one hundred sheets of paper

Phrase[edit]

刀子嘴豆腐心

References[edit]

"刀" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-01.
Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)
VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)
CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

Japanese[edit]

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

刀

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Goon: とう (tō) < たう (tau), と (to)
Kan’on: とう (tō) < たう (tau)
Kun: かたな (katana)
Nanori: き (ki), ち (chi), と (to), わき (waki)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds with irregular readings of 刀

薙刀 (なぎなた, naginata): a traditional Japanese halberd
太刀 (たち, tachi): a traditional Japanese longsword
馬刀貝 (まてがい, mategai): a razor clam

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Kun'yomi
かたな (Odaka)^[3]
かたな (Nakadaka)^[3]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠na̠]

Noun[edit]

刀 (hiragana かたな, romaji katana)

(weaponry) a single-edged sword
(weaponry) more specifically, a katana
a small single-edged blade

Synonyms[edit]

(small blade): 切れ物 (きれもの, kiremono)

Coordinate terms[edit]

脇差 (わきざし, wakizashi) traditional Japanese shortsword (30cm to 60cm)
短刀 (たんとう, tantō) traditional Japanese knife or dagger (30cm and shorter)
大小 (だいしょう, daishō): “big and small”: the katana and wakizashi as a set

Related terms[edit]

(sword, two-edged): 剣 (つるぎ, tsurugi)

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

刀市 (かたないち, katana ichi): a sword market
刀引 (かたなびき, katanabiki): giving a sword worn on one's hip to another as a gift at a banquet or other social gathering

小刀 (こがたな, kogatana): a small knife, a penknife, a pocketknife, a jackknife
腰刀 (こしがたな, koshigatana): a hip-sword, smaller than a katana and with no 鍔 (tsuba, “sword guard”)

Idioms[edit]

Idioms

刀折れ矢尽きる (かたなおれやつきる, katana ore ya tsukiru): “swords bent, out of arrows” → completely routed, a complete loss in battle
刀に懸けて (かたなにかけて, katana ni kakete): “[depending, swearing] on one's sword” → a metaphor for firm resolve to see something through
刀の錆び (かたなのさび, katana no sabi): “sword rust” → a metaphor for killing someone or being killed, from the way that blood can cause the steel of a sword to rust; a derogatory term for someone who isn't even worth soiling a sword

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

On'yomi
とう (Atamadaka)^[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ː]

Noun[edit]

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

a sword, a katana
a scalpel, such as that used by a surgeon
a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword

Synonyms[edit]

(sword in general): 刀剣 (とうけん, tōken)
(scalpel): メス (mesu)
(Chinese money): 刀銭, 刀泉 (とうせん, tōsen)

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Terms beginning with 刀:

刀下 (とうか, tōka): the underside or back of a blade
刀架 (とうか, tōka): a sword stand
刀剣 (とうけん, tōken): a sword in general, either single- or double-bladed
刀工 (とうこう, tōkō): a swordsmith
刀貨 (とうせん, tōsen): a kind of bronze or copper money in ancient China, shaped a bit like a sword

Terms ending with 刀:

斬馬刀 (ざんばとう, zanbatō): an especially large, curved sword
小刀 (しょうとう, shōtō): a small knife, short sword
大刀 (だいとう, daitō): a long sword, a katana
短刀 (たんとう, tantō): a short sword
直刀 (ちょくとう, chokutō): a straight sword
日本刀 (にほんとう, nihontō): a katana, a Japanese sword, a long sword with a single-edge
木刀 (ぼくとう, bokutō): a wooden sword

References[edit]

^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
↑ ^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]

Nom Foundation

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

[NHK-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

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Etymology 1[edit]

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