(dāo) - knife, blade, sword in Mandarin

dāo

Traditional: 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fēng。

This knife is very sharp.

苹píng。

He cut the apple open with a knife.

递dì。

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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This word is part of lesson 31.