刁

See also: ㅋ and ヲ

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

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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
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

  (Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

• 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/
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 刁

1. Used in 刁斗.
2. tricky
3. to tempt
4. unkind
5. stammering
6. 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, (deprecated template usage) 《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)

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

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.

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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)}

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Korean

Hanja

刁 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刁: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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