刀

Information about character(s)

Radical: 刀
Radical Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 2
Variants: 刂

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dāo, diāo
Cantonese: dou1
JapaneseKun: KATANA
JapaneseOn: TOU
Korean: TO
Vietnamese: đao

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: knife; old coin; measure

CE-Dict: knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/CL:把[ba3]/classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a knife
2.something shaped like a knife
3.a sword with a curving edge
4.a unit of 100 sheets of (paper)

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: knife - 機

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: sword
【計】 knife grinder
【化】 quire
【醫】 cutter; knife

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: falchion; reamer; sword

湘雅醫學專業詞典: cutter;knife;sword

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《刀部》刀兵也。象形。凡刀之屬皆从刀。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【刀字部】刀
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】都勞切【正韻】都高切，𠀤到平聲。【說文】兵也。象形。【徐曰】象刀背與刃也。【釋名】刀，到也。以斬伐到其所也。【玉篇】所以割也。【左傳·襄三十一年】未能操刀而使割也。又錢名。【初學記】黃帝採首山之銅，始鑄爲刀。【史記·平準書】龜貝金錢刀布之幣興焉。【註】索隱曰：刀者，錢也。以其形如刀。【前漢·食貨志】利於刀。【註】如淳曰：名錢爲刀者，以其利於民也。又【詩·衞風】誰謂河廣，曾不容刀。【朱註】小船曰刀。【正韻】小船形如刀。

CF-Dict: couteau/sabre

Han-De-Dict: (刀状的东西) messerförmiges Gerät (u.E.) (S)/ (切、割的工具) Messer (u.E.) (S)/ (指兵器) (einschneidige) Hiebwaffe, Säbel, Schwert (u.E.) (S)/hundert Bogen (Papier) (u.E.) (Zähl); Bsp.: 一刀紙一刀纸 -- ein Ries Papier (heute: 令???) - DIN 6730 : 1 Ries A4 Papier mit 80 g/m² = 500 Bogen; Historische Mengen : Deutschland : 1 Ries (alt) = 480 Bogen Schreibpapier, 1 Ries = 500 Bogen Druckpapier, 1 Ries = 20 Buch; Österreich : 1 Neuries = 10 Neubuch = 1000 Bogen; USA : 1 Ries (alt) (ShortReam) = 20 Lagen (Quires) = 480 Bogen (Größe 8-1/2" x 11"), 1 Ries (Ream) = 500 Bogen (Chinesisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch; Cram, DeGruyter & Co., Hamburg 1963, ISBN 3-11-003548-0, Rep, 1912 - 1949); Bsp.: 一刀纸一刀纸 -- ein Stoß Papier (Chinesisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch; Cram, DeGruyter & Co., Hamburg 1963, ISBN 3-11-003548-0, Rep, 1912 - 1949)/Dao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Radikal Nr. 18 = Messer, Schwert, Hiebwaffe, Säbel (Varianten: 刁, 刂) (u.E.) (S)