刀
dāoTraditional: 刀
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Translation
knife, blade, sword
Word origin
A pictograph of a curved single-edged blade, one of the oldest characters and itself a common radical in words for cutting.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 象形 (the shape of a curved blade)
Stroke order
刀
Examples
锋。
This knife is very sharp.
苹。
He cut the apple open with a knife.
递。
Please pass me that knife.
。
There are all kinds of knives in the kitchen.
，。
Be careful, the knife is dangerous.
刀 (dāo) means a knife, blade, or sword, the everyday word for any single-edged cutting tool. As a radical it appears in many characters connected with cutting.
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