刁

刁

See also: ㅋ and ヲ

刁 U+5201, 刁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5201 ← 刀 [U+5200] CJK Unified Ideographs 刂 → [U+5202]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 叼, 汈, 𢆵, 䒒, 𨾆, 𩾗, 𪔸

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		刁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
鱽
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).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): tiau / thiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: diāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹
    • Yale: dīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau / thiau
    • Tâi-lô: tiau / thiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaw, tiaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ³³/, /tʰiaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /teu/▼

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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːw/

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. Used in 刁斗.
2. tricky
3. to tempt
4. unkind
5. stammering
6. picky about food

   • 現在的孩子們啊嘴都刁著呢，啊。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
     现在的孩子们啊嘴都刁着呢，啊。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 68

     Xiànzài de háizimen a zuǐ dōu diāo zhe ne, ā. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

7. to wring
8. to inveigle
9. ear of grains
10. to make (time)
11. A surname​.

Compounds

刁健訟棍／刁健讼棍 刁刁 刁厥 刁嘴 刁天厥地 刁天撅地 刁天決地／刁天决地 刁姦／刁奸 刁徒 刁悍 刁惡／刁恶 刁拐 刁搔 刁斗 刁棍 刁民

刁決／刁决 刁決古憋／刁决古憋 刁滑 (diāohuá) 刁狡 刁皮 刁蕭／刁萧 刁虐 刁蠻／刁蛮 (diāomán) 刁訟／刁讼 刁詐／刁诈 刁話／刁话 刁蹬 刁蹬用強／刁蹬用强 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān) 刁鑽古怪／刁钻古怪

刁難／刁难 (diāonàn) 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) 刁頓／刁顿 刁風／刁风 刁風拐月／刁风拐月 刁騷／刁骚 千刁萬惡／千刁万恶 奸刁 撒刁 撒潑放刁／撒泼放刁 放刁 放刁把濫／放刁把滥 放刁撒潑／放刁撒泼 百般刁難／百般刁难 (bǎibān diāonàn) 石刁柏 (shídiāobǎi)

Etymology 2

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

刁

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

刁 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刁: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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