刂
dāo

knife

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 08:24 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 08:24 PM

刀

刂 is a component form of 刀, which depicts a knife.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“刀，兵也。象形。”

Sources

Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)