Chinese edit

knife
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad.
(刀子)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (5) (13)
Final () (89) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter taw tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑu/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑu/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑu/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/taw/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/tɑu/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/tɑu/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tɑu/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou1 zi2

Noun edit

刀子

  1. small knife; pocketknife (Classifier: m)
  2. (regional) knife (in general) (Classifier: m)

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
on’yomi tōon
Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
on’yomi
 刀子 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(とう)() (tōsuたうす (tausu)?

  1. short sword
  2. (archaeology) small knife; pocketknife

(とう)() (tōshiたうし (tausi)?

  1. same as above

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

刀子 (doja) (hangeul 도자)

  1. Hanja form? of 도자.