Definition:

knife

Pinyin:

dāo

Rank:

#34th

Decomposition:

⿰ 丨 亅

Radical:

刂

刈

To cut off, to reap, to mow; sickle

刊

Publication, periodical; to publish, to print

刎

To behead, to cut the throat

刑

Punishment, penalty; law

划

To row or paddle a boat; to scratch; to plan; profitable

刖

Cutting off the feet as a form of punishment

列

A line; to arrange, to classify

刘

To kill, to destroy; surname

则

Rule, law, regulation; grades

刚

Hard, strong, tough; just, barely

创

To establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma

删

To delete; to cut; to censor

判

To judge; to discriminate; to conclude

別

To separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not

刨

Carpenter's plane; plane, level

利

Gains, advantage, profit, merit

刪

To delete; to cut; to censor

别

To separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not

刭

To cut the throat

刮

To shave; to scrape; to blow

到

To go to, to arrive

刳

To cut open, to dig out, to rip up, to scoop out

制

System; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower

刷

Brush; to clean, to scrub

刹

Temple, shrine, monastary; an instant, a moment; to brake

刺

To stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod

刻

To carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment

刽

To amputate, to cut off

刿

To cut, to injure, to stab; to stick on

剀

To sharpen; careful, thorough

剁

To chop by pounding, to hash, to mince

剂

Dose; medicine; measure word for medicines

剃

To shave

則

Rule, law, regulation; grades

削

To pare, to scrape, to trim

剋

To subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

剌

To slash, to cut in two; to contradict

剎

Temple, shrine, monastary; an instant, a moment; to brake

剐

To cut; to sever flesh from bone

剑

Sword, dagger, saber

剔

To pick out; to scrape off; picky

剖

To bisect, to dissect, to slice

剛

Hard, strong, tough; just, barely

剜

To cut; to cut out, to pick out, to scoop out

剝

To peel, to skin; to exploit

剞

Carving or engraving; knife; grave

剡

Sharp, pointed; to sharpen

剥

To peel, to skin; to exploit

剧

Theatrical plays, opera, drama; severe, acute

剩

Leftovers, residue, remains

剮

To cut; to sever flesh from bone

副

To assist, to supplement; assistant; secondary; auxiliary

割

To cut, to divide, to partition; to cede

剳

Note, memo, official communique

創

To establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma

剷

To raze, to pare, to level off

剽

To rob, to plunder, to slice off; nimble, quick

剿

To annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate

劁

To castrate, to neuter

劂

Chisel; to engrave

劃

To row or paddle a boat; to scratch; to plan; profitable

劄

Memo, note, official communique

劇

Theatrical plays, opera, drama; severe, acute

劉

To kill, to destroy; surname

劊

To amputate, to cut off

劍

Sword, dagger, saber

劐

To destroy

劑

Dose; medicine; measure word for medicines

劓

To cut off the nose

帅

Commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart

师

Teacher, professional, master

氘

Deuterium

班

Class, squad, team, work shift

竖

Perpendicular, vertical; to erect

罚

Penalty, fine; to punish, to penalize

罰

Penalty, fine; to punish, to penalize

荆

Thorns, brambles; surname

蒯

Reed, rush; Scirpus cyperinus

蓟

Cirsium, thistle; surname

辨

To recognize, to distinguish, to discriminate

釗

To endeavor, to strive; to encourage; to cut

钊

To endeavor, to strive; to encourage; to cut

魝