The 刀 radical, “knife”
刀
Read dao. 2 strokes.
Inside a character it is also written 刂.
Here are 15 common characters that all carry this radical. It is painted red in each of them; what stays black is what tells them apart.
- fēn to divide
- lì sharp
- zhì to manufacture
- bié to leave
- zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but
- qiē to cut
- chū at first
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- liè to arrange
- kè quarter
- gāng hard
- chuàng to initiate
- pàn to differentiate
- liú a type of battle-ax
- fù secondary
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.