Read Edit View history 刂 dāo knife Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 刂 is a component form of 刀, which depicts 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 刂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 380, 628 ], [ 410, 593 ], [ 409, 417 ], [ 401, 326 ], [ 405, 282 ] ], [ [ 551, 781 ], [ 569, 773 ], [ 602, 740 ], [ 599, 453 ], [ 608, 95 ], [ 589, 46 ], [ 558, 54 ], [ 489, 85 ], [ 471, 95 ], [ 469, 102 ], [ 458, 102 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 368 617 Q 399 542 374 347 Q 365 308 395 274 Q 405 264 415 274 Q 433 301 434 382 Q 434 539 442 586 Q 449 608 428 620 Q 388 647 373 639 Q 364 632 368 617 Z", "M 569 703 Q 573 667 578 123 Q 578 101 565 91 Q 556 84 534 91 Q 507 98 482 103 Q 448 115 451 104 Q 452 97 473 82 Q 543 30 560 -1 Q 581 -37 598 -37 Q 613 -38 628 -2 Q 646 46 642 122 Q 623 357 626 593 Q 627 684 641 732 Q 657 763 600 785 Q 564 804 545 796 Q 526 789 544 766 Q 566 738 569 703 Z" ] } 2 strokes 刂 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 380, 628 ], [ 410, 593 ], [ 409, 417 ], [ 401, 326 ], [ 405, 282 ] ], [ [ 551, 781 ], [ 569, 773 ], [ 602, 740 ], [ 599, 453 ], [ 608, 95 ], [ 589, 46 ], [ 558, 54 ], [ 489, 85 ], [ 471, 95 ], [ 469, 102 ], [ 458, 102 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 368 617 Q 399 542 374 347 Q 365 308 395 274 Q 405 264 415 274 Q 433 301 434 382 Q 434 539 442 586 Q 449 608 428 620 Q 388 647 373 639 Q 364 632 368 617 Z", "M 569 703 Q 573 667 578 123 Q 578 101 565 91 Q 556 84 534 91 Q 507 98 482 103 Q 448 115 451 104 Q 452 97 473 82 Q 543 30 560 -1 Q 581 -37 598 -37 Q 613 -38 628 -2 Q 646 46 642 122 Q 623 357 626 593 Q 627 684 641 732 Q 657 763 600 785 Q 564 804 545 796 Q 526 789 544 766 Q 566 738 569 703 Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No 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.