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

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 65 characters (23 verified)
前 剋 划 劃 刻 刚 剛 创 創 判 刘 劉 副 剑 劍 剧 劇 刺 刑 剩 刮 刎 刖 罚 罰 刊 剂 劑 割 削 剝 剥 刹 剎 剖 竖 荆 剿 删 刪 剷 剔 剃 釗 钊 刨 刽 劊 剽 剁 剜 刈 剐 剮 蒯 刿 剀 剡 劂 劁 刳 劓 刭 剞 劐
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 2 |
Unicode | U+5202 |
Shuowen | “刀,兵也。象形。” |
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