Dictionary/刀

刀

dāo

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HSK 3TOCFL L12 strokestop 20 by use on the map →
1knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3])
2(slang) (loanword) dollar
3classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
4classifier for knife cuts or stabs
5(Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)
6(Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他[xiang3 dao1 ta1] "I could kill him!")

Radical

刀 · knife; old coin; measure

Composition

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Writing

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