Kiokun Logo
刂
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

knife (side)

HSK 10
Human →Body
dāo
トウ
刂 is a component form of 刀, which depicts a knife.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
刂 [dāo]
"knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18); see also 立刀旁[lì​dāo​páng]; see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[cè​dāo​páng]
Example Sentences