Hanja Analyzer
刀

刀 — do

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
칼 도
Romanization
do
English
knife; old coin; measure
Mandarin
dāo
Japanese on'yomi
トウ, チョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かたな そり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#1,794 of 2,500
Strokes
2
Variant forms
刂
Radical
刀 (18, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+5200

Korean example words with 刀

  • 장도長刀 Korean gloss: 긴 칼
  • 도신刀身 Korean gloss: 칼의 몸
  • 패도佩刀 Korean gloss: 칼을 참
  • 작도斫刀 Korean gloss: ‘작두’의 원말
  • 식도食刀 Korean gloss: 부엌에서 쓰는 칼
  • 과도果刀 Korean gloss: 과일을 깎는 작은 칼
  • 대도大刀 Korean gloss: 큰 칼. 또는 긴 칼
  • 우도牛刀 Korean gloss: 소를 잡는 데 쓰는 칼
  • 접도摺刀 Korean gloss: 접을 수 있게 만든 칼
  • 삭도削刀 Korean gloss: 승려의 머리털을 깎는 칼
  • 도창刀槍 Korean gloss: 칼과 창을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 어도御刀 Korean gloss: 조선 시대에 임금이 사용하던 칼

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 刀

  • 刀かたな sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel
  • 宝刀ほうとう treasured sword
  • 太刀打ちたちうち crossing swords; competing against; contending with
  • 日本刀にほんとう Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
  • 刀剣とうけん sword; dagger; knife
  • 大刀だいとう (Japanese) long sword; large sword; guandao
  • 竹刀しない bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword
  • 太刀たち long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana); tachi; sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
  • 木刀ぼくとう wooden sword
  • 一刀両断いっとうりょうだん cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively
  • 小刀こがたな (small) knife; short sword; small sword
  • 懐刀ふところがたな dagger; stiletto; confidant

Other hanja read “도”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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