Read Edit View history 刀 dāo HSK3 knife Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a knife. Pinyin Separate values with commas dāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 刀 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 260, 629 ], [ 304, 613 ], [ 336, 613 ], [ 737, 685 ], [ 769, 671 ], [ 785, 653 ], [ 738, 364 ], [ 721, 295 ], [ 678, 180 ], [ 651, 141 ], [ 617, 118 ], [ 513, 186 ] ], [ [ 451, 603 ], [ 481, 579 ], [ 483, 563 ], [ 446, 450 ], [ 389, 337 ], [ 341, 270 ], [ 270, 198 ], [ 155, 112 ], [ 120, 94 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 484 621 Q 599 646 707 656 Q 732 657 737 645 Q 746 623 739 568 Q 715 366 671 259 Q 649 192 625 172 Q 612 160 586 169 Q 552 179 521 192 Q 496 201 513 177 Q 559 122 582 81 Q 592 59 614 64 Q 638 67 668 99 Q 755 187 792 517 Q 799 590 829 634 Q 848 659 838 671 Q 820 693 779 711 Q 751 727 719 713 Q 622 677 474 655 Q 347 637 273 640 Q 248 644 248 630 Q 247 618 272 600 Q 303 576 335 586 Q 389 601 442 611 L 484 621 Z", "M 442 611 Q 442 410 281 247 Q 233 192 116 100 Q 107 91 115 88 Q 122 85 136 90 Q 314 168 401 307 Q 450 377 496 494 Q 511 530 531 563 Q 540 573 533 586 Q 518 610 484 621 C 456 633 443 638 442 611 Z" ] } 2 strokes 刀 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 246, 631 ], [ 335, 615 ], [ 732, 688 ], [ 791, 650 ], [ 675, 171 ], [ 597, 116 ], [ 512, 190 ] ], [ [ 449, 619 ], [ 487, 571 ], [ 411, 372 ], [ 291, 222 ], [ 122, 92 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M484,621C560,640 634,651 707,656C755,660 744,602 739,568C716,429 699,351 671,259C657,218 641,152 586,169C563,176 541,184 521,192C504,199 500,193 513,177C542,140 567,109 582,81C596,52 632,61 672,99C721,148 764,291 798,517C805,566 815,596 833,634C841,653 848,663 842,671C829,686 805,698 779,711C759,721 740,726 719,717C654,693 572,674 474,659C389,647 324,643 273,644C243,645 224,629 272,600C294,587 313,580 335,586C370,597 407,603 442,611C470,618 470,618 484,621Z", "M442,611C442,397 295,246 130,112C111,96 108,77 136,90C450,240 496,493 531,563C541,585 532,604 484,621C471,626 442,625 442,611Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.