長刀

See also: 长刀

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	knife
trad. (長刀)		長	刀
simp. (长刀)		长	刀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chángdāo
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chángdāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chángdao
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang²-tao¹
  - Yale: cháng-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charngdau
  - Palladius: чандао (čandao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng⁴ dou¹
  - Yale: chèuhng dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰœːŋ²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

Noun

長刀

long knife; cane knife, bistoury, etc.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
長	刀
なぎなた
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
jukujikun

The spelling means “long blade”.

For pronunciation and definitions of 長刀 – see the following entry.

【薙刀なぎなた】

[noun] (weaponry) naginata: a traditional Japanese glaive (polearm historically used to cut down infantry and cavalry)

Alternative spellings
長刀, 眉尖刀

(This term, 長刀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
長	刀
なが Grade: 2	かたな > がたな Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
長	刀
なが Grade: 2	かたな Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 長 (naga, “long”, the stem of adjective 長い (nagai, “long”)) +‎ 刀 (katana, “katana, the traditional single-bladed Japanese sword”).[1][2][3]

Encountered with both the unvoiced nagakatana and voiced nagagatana readings.[1][2][3] The voiced reading may be more common,[3] wherein the katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なががたな [nàgágáꜜtànà] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠ɡa̠ta̠na̠]

(Tokyo) ながかたな [nàgákáꜜtànà] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠ka̠ta̠na̠]

Noun

長(なが)刀(がたな) or 長(なが)刀(かたな) • (nagagatana or nagakatana)

(weaponry, rare) a katana with a long blade

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
長	刀
ちょう Grade: 2	とう Grade: 2
goon

/tjautau/ → /t͡ɕʲɔːtɔː/ → /t͡ɕɔːtɔː/

From Middle Chinese 長刀 (MC ɖɨɐŋ tɑu).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちょーとー [chòótóó] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

長(ちょう)刀(とう) • (chōtō) ^{←ちやうたう (tyautau)^?}

a long sword
Synonym: (literally “great sword”) 大刀 (daitō)
Antonym: (literally “short sword”) 短刀 (tantō)
a naginata
Synonym: 薙刀 (naginata)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJS-2] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN