刀
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Translingual[edit]
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Alternative forms[edit]
- 刂 (when used as a right radical component)
Han character[edit]
刀 (radical 18, 刀+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹 (SH), four-corner 17220, composition ⿹𠃌丿)
- Kangxi radical #18, ⼑.
Derived characters[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- ㄉ (Zhuyin alphabet)
- ㆵ (Bopomofo extended character)
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]
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刀 | |
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Glyph origin[edit]
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| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 鱽 | |
| 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 |
Pictogram (象形): A knife
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
刀
- knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c)
- single-edged sword; cutlass
- (loanword, colloquial, slang) dollar
- Classifier for sets of one hundred sheets of paper.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 刀
Descendants[edit]
Others:
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
刀
Readings[edit]
- Goon: と (to); とう (tō, Jōyō)←たう (tau, historical)
- Kan’on: とう (tō, Jōyō)←たう (tau, historical)
- Kun: かたな (katana, 刀, Jōyō)
- Nanori: き (ki); ち (chi); わき (waki)
Compounds[edit]
Compounds with irregular readings of 刀
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 刀 |
| かたな Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
Compound of 片 (kata, “one side”) + 刃 (na, “edge”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
刀 (hiragana かたな, rōmaji katana)
- (weaponry) a single-edged sword, such as a katana
- 1999 September 23, “
鎧 武 者 ゾンビ [Armored Musha Zombie]”, in Vol.5 (in Japanese), Konami:- 怨念により蘇った武者。闇雲にふりまわすカタナに注意。
- Onnen ni yori yomigaetta musha. Yamikumo ni furimawasu katana ni chūi.
- A musha reanimated by deep hatred. Watch out when he brandishes his katana.
- 怨念により蘇った武者。闇雲にふりまわすカタナに注意。
- a small single-edged blade
Synonyms[edit]
- (small blade): 切れ物 (kiremono)
Coordinate terms[edit]
- 脇差 (wakizashi) traditional Japanese shortsword (30cm to 60cm)
- 短刀 (tantō) traditional Japanese knife or dagger (30cm and shorter)
- 大小 (daishō): “big and small”: the katana and wakizashi as a set
Related terms[edit]
- (sword, two-edged): 剣 (tsurugi)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Idioms[edit]
Idioms
- 刀折れ矢尽きる (katana ore ya tsukiru): “swords bent, out of arrows” → completely routed, a complete loss in battle
- 刀に懸けて (katana ni kakete): “[depending, swearing] on one's sword” → a metaphor for firm resolve to see something through
- 刀の錆び (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]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 刀 |
| とう Grade: 2 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 刀 (taw). Compare modern Mandarin 刀 (dāo).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
刀 (hiragana とう, rōmaji 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]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
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Vietnamese[edit]
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