刁

Information about character(s)

Radical: 刀
Radical Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 2

Pronunciation

Pinyin: diāo
Cantonese: diu1
JapaneseOn: TEU CHOU
Korean: CO
Vietnamese: điêu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: tricky, sly, crafty, cunning

CE-Dict: artful/wicked

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.cunning
2.wicked

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: artful; sly; tricky
【化】 bra

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: tricky; artful; sly

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【刀字部】刁
【唐韻】都聊切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】丁聊切，𠀤音貂。古者軍有刁斗。【前漢·李廣傳】不擊刁斗。【註】孟康曰：以銅作鐎，受一斗，晝炊飮食，夕擊夜行。又刁刁，風欲止微動貌。【莊子·齊物論】而獨不見之調調之刁刁乎。【郭象註】調調，刁刁，搖動貌。又姓。【史記·貨殖傳】齊俗賤奴虜，而刁閒獨愛貴之。【韻會】出渤海齊大夫豎刁之後。【韻會】《說文》刀，兵也。都牢切，又丁聊切。本一字而二音，後人作刁以別之而已。

CF-Dict: rusé/malin