| Chinese Text Project |
| 刀 U+5200 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 刂 Alternate form Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 刀+ 0 strokes = 2 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.156#45 Kangxi: p.135#24 Cihai: p.173r4c01 GSR: 1131.a Hanyu: v1,p0319#12 |
| Composition: | Top-right: 𠃌, bottom-left: 丿. Compositionally related: 力 力 . Component of: 刂 𬺳 刃 刄 刃 分 切 𭃂 𭃃 𨸓 𭃄 𫢈 𠚥 𠚦 𠬛 𠚨 切 𠚪 切 𠚬 [More] |
| Mandarin: | dāo ㄉㄠ |
| Cantonese: | dou1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dɑu |
| Shuowen: | 《刀部》刀：兵也。象形。凡刀之屬皆从刀。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·豪·刀》刀：《釋名》云：刀到也，以斬伐到其所也。《說文》云：兵也。都牢切，七。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·刀部·刀部》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。 |
| Fanqie: | 都牢 (《廣韻·下平聲·豪·刀》) |
| Unihan definition: | knife; old coin; measure |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·陽貨》: | 夫子莞爾而笑，曰：「割雞焉用牛刀？」 |
| Well pleased and smiling, he said, "Why use an ox knife to kill a fowl?" | |
| 《禮記·禮器》: | 割刀之用，鸞刀之貴。 |
| There is the use of the (ordinary) knife, and the honour expressed by that furnished with (small) bells. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 夫有刀者礲諸，有玉者錯諸，不礲不錯，焉攸用？ |
| If you have a knife, you sharpen it; if you have jade, you polish it. If you do not sharpen and polish them, how are they useful? | |
| 《莊子·養生主》: | 庖丁為文惠君解牛，手之所觸，肩之所倚，足之所履，膝之所踦，砉然嚮然，奏刀騞然，莫不中音。 |
| His cook was cutting up an ox for the ruler Wen Hui. Whenever he applied his hand, leaned forward with his shoulder, planted his foot, and employed the pressure of his knee, in the audible ripping off of the skin, and slicing operation of the knife, the sounds were all in regular cadence. | |
| 《商君書·畫策》: | 內行刀鋸，外用甲兵，故時變也。 |
| At home, he applied sword and saw, and abroad he used mailed soldiers; this was because the times had changed. | |
| 《詩經·河廣》: | 誰謂河廣、曾不容刀。 |
| Who says that the He is wide? It will not admit a little boat. | |
| 《尚書·顧命》: | 越玉五重，陳寶，赤刀、大訓、弘璧、琬琰、在西序。 |
| (They set forth) also the five pairs of gems (or jade), and the precious things of display. There were the red knife, the great lessons, the large round-and-convex symbol of jade, and the rounded and pointed maces, all in the side-space on the west. | |
| 《荀子·議兵》: | 以詐遇齊，辟之猶以錐刀墮太山也，非天下之愚人莫敢試。 |
| 《說苑·復恩》: | 乃以刀決帳，率徒卒道出，令皆去，盎遂歸報 |
| 《春秋繁露·服制像》: | 刀之在右，白虎之象也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷六》: | 楚莊王伐鄭，鄭伯肉袒，左把茅旌，右執鸞刀以進，言於莊王曰：「寡人無良邊陲之臣，以干大褐，使大國之君沛焉，遠辱至此。」 |
| 《新書·俗激》: | 如刀筆之吏，務在筐箱，而不知大體，陛下又弗自憂，故如此哉。 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 鄭伯肉袒，左執茅旌，右執鸞刀，以迎莊王。 |
| 《中論·夭壽》: | 愚惑之民威以斧鉞之戮，懲以刀墨之刑，遷之他邑，而流於裔土，猶或不悛，況以言乎？ |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 子產有言：「未能操刀而使之割，其傷實多。」 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 非工伎之人有愛憎也，刀斧如有偶然也。 |
| 《太玄經·大》: | 次四，大其門郊，不得其刀，鳴虛。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 到與卿佐相聞，期鬭日，卿佐多從正往，使卿佐先拔刀，然後相擊。 |
| 《孔叢子·陳士義》: | 秦王得西戎利刀。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 先帝故事，所至見長吏三老官屬，親臨軒，作樂，賜食皁帛越巾刀珮帶，民爵有級數，或賜田租之半，是故謂之幸，皆非其所當得而得之。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 先帝故事，所至見長吏三老官屬，親臨軒，作樂，賜食皁帛越巾刀珮帶，民爵有級數，或賜田租之半，是故謂之幸，皆非其所當得而得之。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 買：刀、糴相為賈。 |
| 《列子·湯問》: | 延頸承刀，披胸受矢，鋩鍔摧屈，而體无痕撻。 |
| 《文子·微明》: | 老子曰：相坐之法立，則百姓怨，減爵之令張，則功臣叛，故察於刀筆之跡者，不知治亂之本，習於行陣之事者，不知廟戰之權。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 關尹子曰：「吾道如劍：以刀割物，即利。」 |
| 《韓非子·安危》: | 聞古扁鵲之治其病也，以刀刺骨。 |
| 《管子·輕重乙》: | 黃金刀布者，民之通貨也，先王善制其通貨，以御其司命，故民力可盡也。 |
| 《六韜·守土》: | 日中必彗，操刀必割，執斧必伐。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 屠牛吐一朝解九牛，而刀可以剃毛。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·行論》: | 舜於是殛之於羽山，副之以吳刀。 |
| 《史記·秦始皇本紀》: | 鄭伯茅旌鸞刀，嚴王退舍。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 吳人伐楚，獲俘焉，以為閽，使守舟，吳子餘祭觀舟，閽以刀弒之。 |
| 《國語·晉語六》: | 今吾司寇之刀鋸日弊，而斧鉞不行。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 景公使圉人養所愛馬，暴死，公怒，令人操刀解養馬者。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 司空馬曰：「臣少為秦刀筆，以官長而守小官，未嘗為兵首，請為大王悉趙兵以遇。」 |
| 《鹽鐵論·錯幣》: | 夏后以玄貝，周人以紫石，後世或金錢刀布。 |
| 《列女傳·鄒孟軻母》: | 孟母以刀斷其織 |
| 《春秋穀梁傳》: | 孟勞者，魯之寶刀也 |
| 《春秋公羊傳》: | 鄭伯肉袒，左執茅旌，右執鸞刀，以逆莊王曰：「寡人無良，邊垂之臣，以干天禍，是以使君王沛焉，辱到敝邑。」 |
| 《漢書·敘傳下》: | 舞陽鼓刀，滕公廄騶，潁陰商販，曲周庸夫，攀龍附鳳，並乘天衢。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 堯年少刀筆吏耳。 |
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