刁

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See also: ㅋ and ヲ
刁 U+5201, 刁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5201
← 刀
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 刂 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

刁 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 尸一 (SM), four-corner 17120, composition ⿹𠃌㇀)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 135, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1846
  • Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 320, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5201

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 刁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
刀 *taːw
忉 *taːw
魛 *taːw
舠 *taːw
朷 *taːw, *moːɡ
叨 *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒 *taːwʔ, *taːws
到 *taːws
菿 *taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀 *deːw
鳭 *rteːw, *teːw
灱 *hreːw
菬 *sdew, *tjewʔ
超 *tʰew
怊 *tʰew, *tʰjew
欩 *tʰew
召 *dews, *djews
昭 *tjew
招 *tjew
鉊 *tjew
沼 *tjewʔ
照 *tjews
詔 *tjews
炤 *tjews
弨 *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧 *tʰjewʔ
韶 *djew
佋 *djew, *djewʔ
軺 *djew, *lew
玿 *djew
柖 *djew
紹 *djewʔ
袑 *djewʔ
綤 *djewʔ
邵 *djews
劭 *djews
卲 *djews
刁 *teːw
芀 *teːw, *deːw
貂 *teːw
蛁 *teːw
迢 *deːw
苕 *deːw
髫 *deːw
岧 *deːw

Variant of 刀 (dāo).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 刁
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都聊切
Baxter tew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/teu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/teu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/teu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛw/
Li
Rong 		/teu/
Wang
Li 		/tieu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		diu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 刁
Reading # 1/1
No. 2153
Phonetic
component 		刀
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		貂
Old
Chinese 		/*teːw/
Notes 刀轉註字見史記

Definitions

刁

  1. treacherous; crafty; deceitful
  2. to tempt
  3. unkind
  4. stammering
  5. picky about food
  6. to wring
  7. to inveigle
  8. ear of grains
  9. to make (time)
  10. a surname

Synonyms

  • (treacherous):

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 凋 (“to wither; to fall; to exhaust; to fade; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 凋).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 碉 (“room made of stone; pillbox; blockhouse”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 碉).
Notes:

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 雕 (“to engrave; to inlay; to carve; carving; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 雕).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

刁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Proper noun

刁(とら) • (Tora) 

  1. (obsolete, used in 15-17 century) Alternative form of 寅 (the third of the twelve Earthly Branches)
    刀 銘九州日向住国広作 天正十八年庚刁弐月吉日平顕長（山姥切）

Korean

Hanja

刁 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刁: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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