刀 (dāo)

knife/blade

How 刀 is written

菜刀 càidāo: vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver
借刀殺人 jièdāoshārén: to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one's dirty work; to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
兩肋插刀 liǎnglèichādāo: lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom); fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
刀具 dāojù: cutting tool
刀子 dāozi: knife; CL:把[ba3]
刀郎 dāoláng: Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
刀鋒 dāofēng: cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool
剃鬚刀 tìxūdāo: razor
剪刀 jiǎndāo: scissors; CL:把[ba3]
大刀 dàdāo: broadsword; large knife; machete
小刀 xiǎodāo: knife; CL:把[ba3]
螺絲刀 luósīdāo: screwdriver; CL:把[ba3]

這把水果刀很利，小心不要切到手。

Zhè bǎ shuǐguǒdāo hěn lì, xiǎoxīn búyào qiēdào shǒu.

“This fruit knife is very sharp; be careful not to cut your hand.”

刀 is the 1,065th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.2% of all running text.

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