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刀

On the HSK 4 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B1.

dāo ㄉㄠ

    • knife blade single-edged sword cutlass
    • (loanword) dollar

      slang

    • classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
    • classifier for knife cuts or stabs
    • to bargain to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)

      Internet slang

    • to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 xiǎngdāotā "I could kill him!")

      Internet slang

    • surname Dao

Other words read dāo

In the same tone

All 7 words read dāo

dao with other tones

All 27 words read dao in any tone

Other words read dāo

In the same tone

All 7 words read dāo

dao with other tones

All 27 words read dao in any tone

How 刀 is written

    部首 radical
    刀
    笔画 strokes
    2
    结构 structure
    独体字

    刀 as a 部首

    刀 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 105 under 刀. Look a character up by the 刀 radical

    Easy to confuse with 刀

    Words with 刀

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    Ending with 刀

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    Words with 刀

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    Ending with 刀

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    Containing 刀

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