刁

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

See also: ㅋ

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. tricky, sly, crafty, cunning

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		刁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
鱽	*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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tiau / thiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: diāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: tiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹
    • Yale: dīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau / thiau
    • Tâi-lô: tiau / thiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaw, tiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ³³/, /tʰiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /teu/▼

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
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

• 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. Used in 刁斗.
2. tricky
3. to tempt
4. unkind
5. stammering
6. having partiality for a particular kind of food
7. to wring
8. to inveigle
9. ear of grains
10. to make (time)
11. A surname​.

Compound

• 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

• 刁決／刁决
• 刁決古憋／刁决古憋
• 刁滑
• 刁狡
• 刁皮
• 刁蕭／刁萧
• 刁虐
• 刁蠻／刁蛮
• 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)
• 刁頑／刁顽
• 刁頓／刁顿
• 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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 凋. (This character, 刁, is the second-round simplified form of 凋.)

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

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 碉. (This character, 刁, is the second-round simplified form of 碉.)

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

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 雕. (This character, 刁, is the second-round simplified form of 雕.)

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

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Japanese

Kanji

刁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: てう (teu), ちょう (chō)

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Korean

Hanja

刁 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: điêu

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