刀
dāoDāo HSK3

knife

刀 dāo frequency
knife noun
knife, blade, single-edged sword, or cutlass

他用刀切苹果。

tā yòng dāo qiē píng​guǒ.

He is cutting an apple with a knife.

cut measure word
classifier for knife cuts or stabs

他的手臂上挨了一刀。

tā de shǒu​bì shàng ái le yī dāo.

He was slashed in the arm with a knife.

bargain verb
Internet slang meaning to bargain or ask for a small discount

价格已经很低了，不能再刀了。

jià​gé yǐ​jīng hěn dī le, bù néng zài dāo le.

The price is already very low; it's non-negotiable.

dollar measure word
a slang loanword for dollar

这件衣服只要五十刀。

zhè jiàn yī​fu zhǐ​yào wǔ​shí dāo.

This piece of clothing costs only fifty bucks.

hundred sheets measure word
classifier for sets of one hundred sheets of paper

我买了一刀宣纸。

wǒ mǎi le yī dāo xuān​zhǐ.

I bought a stack of Xuan paper.

刀 Dāo
surname Dao proper name

刀先生在当地很有名气。

Dāo xiān​sheng zài dāng​dì hěn yǒu míng​qi.

Mr. Dao is very famous locally.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,067th most common 141.0 per million
Movie subtitles
985th most common 106.7 per million appears in 31% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
81.7 per million appears in 20% of films
Written text
89.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
2
Unicode
U+5200

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)