短刀

Chinese

		lack; short	knife
simp. and trad. (短刀)		短	刀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duǎndāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun² dou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): té-to

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duǎndāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duǎndao
    • Wade–Giles: tuan³-tao¹
    • Yale: dwǎn-dāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doandau
    • Palladius: дуаньдао (duanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun² dou¹
    • Yale: dyún dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn² dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün² dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-to
    • Tâi-lô: té-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defdoy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

短刀

1. (weaponry) short knife; short sword; dagger

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (短刀):

• → Japanese: 短刀(たんとう) (tantō)
• → Korean: 단도(短刀) (dando)
• → Vietnamese: đoản đao (短刀)

Japanese

Tantōs with "Saya" (sheaths)

Kanji in this term
短	刀
たん Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

短 +‎ 刀: a "small sword."

Noun

短(たん)刀(とう) • (tantō) 

1. (weaponry) A small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.

Coordinate terms

• See Thesaurus:短刀.
• 懐剣(かいけん) (kaiken)
• 小刀(こがたな) (kogatana), 小刀(しょうとう) (shōtō)
• 刀(かたな) (katana)
• 合口(あいくち) (aikuchi)
• 脇差(わきざし) (wakizashi)
• 大小(だいしょう) (daishō)

See also

• 短刀 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Tantō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia