Course Flashcards Sentences Texts Games
Tools
Hanzi
Characters & strokes
Dictionary
Search everything
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online LearnChinese.ai - Learn Mandarin Chinese Online
Course Flashcards Sentences Texts Games
Hanzi
Characters & strokes
Dictionary
Search everything
Login Sign Up
Back to Dictionary
刀
dāo
1. knife
2. blade
3. single-edged sword
4. cutlass
5. CL:[[把<bǎ>]]
6. classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
7. (slang) dollar (loanword)
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 2 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

刀
dāo
knife; old coin; measure
HSK 4 2 丶

Compound Words (20)

跨刀
kuàdāo
to appear in sb's show
大刀
dàdāo
broadsword
泥刀
nídāo
trowel
螺刀
luódāo
screwdriver
镰刀
liándāo
sickle
马刀
mǎdāo
saber
杠刀
gàngdāo
to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
小刀
xiǎodāo
knife
砍刀
kǎndāo
chopper (for wood etc)
菜刀
càidāo
vegetable knife
军刀
jūndāo
military knife
铡刀
zhádāo
lever-style guillotine (for chopping fodder etc)
飞刀
fēidāo
a throwing knife
餐刀
cāndāo
table knife
折刀
zhédāo
clasp knife
刀叉
dāochā
knife and fork
封刀
fēngdāo
to hang up the sword
刀子
dāozi
knife
尖刀
jiāndāo
dagger
猎刀
lièdāo
hunting knife

Alternate Entries

刀
Dāo
surname Dao
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,066
Word Frequency Rank
1,424 of 84,292
Radical Number
18

LearnChinese.ai

Master Mandarin

Site

About Blog Accounts & Social Contact HSK 2.0 vs 3.0

Legal

Privacy Policy Terms of Service

Support

❤️ Donate

© 2026 LearnChinese.ai. All rights reserved.