刁

See also: ㅋ and ヲ

刁	U+5201, 刁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5201

← 刀
[U+5200]

CJK Unified Ideographs

刂 →
[U+5202]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

See images of
Radical 18 刁

刁 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 尸一 (SM), four-corner 1712₀, composition ⿹𠃌㇀)

Derived characters

叼, 汈, 𢆵, 䒒, 𨾆, 𩾗, 𪔸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 135, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1846
Dae Jaweon: page 304, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 320, character 2
Unihan data for U+5201

Chinese

simp. and trad.		刁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	taːw, moːɡ
叨	tuːw, l̥ʰaːw
倒	taːwʔ, taːws
到	*taːws
菿	taːws, rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	rteːw, teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	sdew, tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	tʰew, tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	dews, djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	tʰjew, tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	djew, djewʔ
軺	djew, lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	teːw, deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Variant of 刀 (dāo).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): diāo (diao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): tiâu

(Hailu, HRS): diau^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): diau¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tiau / thiau

(Teochew, Peng'im): diao¹ / diou¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tiau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diao
  - Wade–Giles: tiao¹
  - Yale: dyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
  - Palladius: дяо (djao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: diao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: diu¹
  - Yale: dīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu
  - Hakka Romanization System: diau^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: diau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: diau^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: diau¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tiau⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau / thiau
  - Tâi-lô: tiau / thiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diaw, tiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³/, /tʰiau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴/, /tʰiau⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diao¹ / diou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiau / tiou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau³³/, /tiou³³/

Note:

diao1 - Shantou;
diou1 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tiau
  - MiniDict: tiau^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɔ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tew

Rime
Character	刁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	都聊切
Baxter	tew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teu/
Pan Wuyun	/teu/
Shao Rongfen	/teu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛw/
Li Rong	/teu/
Wang Li	/tieu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*teːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刁
Reading #	1/1
No.	2153
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	貂
Old Chinese	/*teːw/
Notes	刀轉註字見史記

Definitions

刁

treacherous; crafty; deceitful
to tempt
unkind
stammering
picky about food
- 現在的孩子們啊嘴都刁著呢，啊。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
  现在的孩子们啊嘴都刁着呢，啊。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]
  From: 2004, 《家有儿女》, episode 68
  Xiànzài de háizimen a zuǐ dōu diāo zhe ne, ā. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
to wring
to inveigle
ear of grains
to make (time)
a surname

Synonyms

(treacherous):

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世故 (shìgù)
刁滑 (diāohuá)
刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
圓泛 / 圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
圓滑 / 圆滑 (yuánhuá)
圞泛 / 𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
奸宄 (Hokkien)
奸巧 (Hokkien)
奸狡
奸猾 (jiānhuá)
奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
姦刁 / 奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
姦詐 / 奸诈 (jiānzhà)
油滑 (yóuhuá)
滑
滑頭 / 滑头 (huátóu)
狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
詭詐 / 诡诈 (guǐzhà)
調皮 / 调皮 (tiáopí)
陰濕 / 阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 凋 (“to wither; to fall; to exhaust; to fade; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 凋).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 碉 (“room made of stone; pillbox; blockhouse”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 碉).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 刁 – see 雕 (“to engrave; to inlay; to carve; carving; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 雕).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

刁

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}

Proper noun

刁(とら) • (Tora)

(obsolete, used in 15-17 century) Alternative form of 寅 (the third of the twelve Earthly Branches)
刀銘九州日向住国広作天正十八年庚刁弐月吉日平顕長（山姥切）

Korean

Hanja

刁 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

刁: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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