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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
dāo - surname Dao
dāo - knife
- blade
- single-edged sword
- cutlass
- CL:把[ba3]
- (slang) dollar (loanword)
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- classifier for knife cuts or stabs

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 1,091 1,481 1,537

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿹? 丿

Radical:

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 1,091 1,481 1,537
剪刀 5 5 4,819 14,321 8,509
刀子 - - 5,146 18,617 16,024
刀锋 - - 10,843 27,654 23,680
剃刀 - - 11,647 59,270 43,144
小刀 - - 11,722 23,089 21,959
刀片 - - 13,232 24,793 21,743
刺刀 - - 14,019 28,715 45,239
刀刃 - - 14,825 29,302 33,140
开刀 - - 15,854 21,990 20,116
螺丝刀 - - 16,385 48,586 33,901
砍刀 - - 16,599 25,740 34,792
镰刀 - - 17,212 28,475 27,910
刀枪不入 - - 17,852 42,623 20,759
一刀两断 - - 18,956 59,498 43,013
剃须刀 - - 22,164 39,935 23,420
刀具 - - 22,191 18,261 25,993
刀叉 - - 24,221 47,741 32,692
刀口 - - 24,696 40,235 39,100
两肋插刀 - - 26,673 59,994 32,024
军刀 - - 26,856 36,472 24,771
菜刀 - - 27,585 13,051 7,456
冰刀 - - 27,769 72,161 63,213
大刀 - - 29,955 22,123 25,924
刀枪 - - 32,849 36,507 45,249
猎刀 - - 33,477 - -
屠刀 - - 35,260 50,302 46,939
折刀 - - 38,149 - 107,755
刮胡刀 - - 38,382 83,554 48,471
尖刀 - - 38,707 23,443 41,413
单刀直入 - - 39,565 62,987 76,354
笑里藏刀 - - 39,591 75,296 43,047
磨刀 - - 41,557 46,775 38,455
刮刀 - - 42,016 76,354 73,890
锉刀 - - 42,245 86,368 88,120
小试牛刀 - - 43,228 69,168 58,592
刀剑 - - 43,430 26,411 27,817
千刀万剐 - - 43,483 61,316 35,518
大刀阔斧 - - 43,565 34,056 48,644
钢刀 - - 45,393 39,129 55,395
卷笔刀 - - 48,382 - -
刀鞘 - - 49,286 - -
磨刀石 - - 49,965 81,007 46,199
宝刀不老 - - 50,091 79,256 61,521
铡刀 - - 50,426 70,862 54,896
马刀 - - 51,475 46,142 58,076
刀光剑影 - - 51,796 47,052 43,729
磨刀霍霍 - - 54,397 69,210 52,230
单刀赴会 - - 55,484 88,090 76,244
刀削面 - - 58,298 58,820 26,987
二把刀 - - 62,017 - 71,844
刀背 - - 62,973 67,168 60,435
水果刀 - - 64,611 35,381 37,404
一刀切 - - 68,940 22,477 38,914
刀斧手 - - 87,081 - -
刀光血影 - - 88,565 - -
刀耕火种 - - 92,597 79,787 78,822