The Radical: 刀


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Meaning
knife, sword    刀

Explanation variantes are: blade and 刅

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
that, those, then (in that case)
nǎ, nà, nèi, nā
Left: double--edged sword , right: village
A double-edged sword the village: What's that?

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JLPT HSK 1
to divide, to separate, to distinguish, part, fraction
fēn, fèn
Top: eight , bottom: sword
Use eight swords for dividing.

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JLPT HSK 1
how, which
nǎ, na, něi
Left: mouth , right: that, those (double edged sword and village)
A mouth spoke about the double-edged sword in the village, but it is which?

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JLPT HSK 3
to break up, unravel, to separate, solution, to melt
jiě, jiè, xiè
Left: horn/corner (Image of a horn with head of an animal), right: sword , cow
The horn is cut by a sword from a cow: This is a "breaking up".

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JLPT HSK 4
single-edged sword, knife, blade
dāo

pictogram of a sword

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JLPT HSK 4
to cut, to slice
qiē, qiè
Left: seven , right: sword
Seven swords cut.

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JLPT HSK 5
to call together, to summon, to convene
shào, zhào
Top: sword , bottom: mouth
With the sword and mouth they were called together.

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JLPT HSK 5
to cut (with scissors), shears, to trim
jiǎn
Top: front (Where from the sheep's head, meat / is cut, is the front), bottom: sword
At the front your knife should start when shearing (a sheep).

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JLPT HSK 5
trade, commerce
mào
Top left: bend , right: sword , below: shell/money /貝
Bent under the sword and the money is the trade.

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JLPT HSK 5
at first, (at the) beginning, junior
chū
Left: clothes 衤/, right: sword
He is wearing the clothes and the sword for the first time.

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JLPT HSK 6
ticket, voucher, contract, deed
quàn
Top: security guard (person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ), bottom: sword
The security guard with the swords cuts your ticket.

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JLPT HSK 6
to hack, to chop, to split open, (of lightning) to strike
pī, pǐ
Top: anal penetration, torture (buttock from the side , anus , needle as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: sword
(It's cruel like) torture, when the sword is hacking into parts.

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JLPT HSK 6
garrulous, prattle, to receive the benefit of
dāo, tāo
Left: mouth , right: sword
The mouth cuts like a sword, when being: garrulous.

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JLPT HSK 6
to hold between the teeth, ...in the mouth
diāo
Left: mouth , right: wicked, artful (variation of sword )
In the mouth are the teeth ⌝, between which I hold something .

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
to engrave, carve, to chisel away at
qiè
Left: metal 钅/, right: contract (marked sticks were in parts carved with a sword in big signs and rejoined, at fulfillment of: the contract.)
Into the metal the contract is engraved.

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JLPT no HSK
lax, relaxed, negligent
xiè
Left: feelings , right: solution (A horn was cut by a sword from that cow : It that a solution?)
Feelings can be a solution, if you take it lax/relaxed.

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JLPT no HSK
edge of blade
rèn
Sword with a mark
The mark at the sword points to the blade.

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JLPT no HSK
crab
xiè
Top: solution (A horn was cut by a sword from that cow : Is that a solution?), bottom: insect
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.

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JLPT no HSK
to carve, carved words, a contract, agreement

Top: tally stick , (pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement), sword , below: big
Cut into a tally stick with a sword in big letters: the contract.

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JLPT no HSK
wicked, artful
diāo

The crooked variation of sword is: wicked.

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