The Chinese Radical: 刀


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Meaning
knife, sword    刀

Explanation variations are: blade 刃 and 刅

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
that, those, then (in that case)
nǎ, nà, nèi, nā
Left: double-二-edged sword 刀, right: village⻏
A double-edged sword the village: What's that?  
HSK 1
to divide, to separate, to distinguish, part, fraction
fēn, fèn
Top: eight 八, bottom: sword 刀 - Better: Understand the “eight 八” as a part 一 that is just being smashed by the sword.
The sword strikes the one part that two fragments ノ, ⧹ blast away when: dividing.  
HSK 1
how, which
nǎ, na, něi
Left: mouth 口, right: that, those 那 (double-二-edged sword 刀 and village⻏)
A mouth spoke about the double-edged sword in the village, but it is which?  
HSK 3
to break up, unravel, to separate, solution, to melt
jiě, jiè, xiè
Left: horn/corner 角 (Image of a horn with head of an animal), right: sword 刀, cow 牛
The horn is cut by a sword from a cow: This is a "breaking up".  
HSK 4
single-edged sword, knife, blade
dāo

pictogram of a sword  
HSK 4
to cut, to slice
qiē, qiè
Left: seven 七, right: sword 刀
Seven swords cut.  
HSK 5
to call together, to summon, to convene
shào, zhào
Top: sword 刀, bottom: mouth 口
With the sword and mouth they were called together.  
HSK 5
to cut (with scissors), shears, to trim
jiǎn
Top: front 前 (Where from the sheep's 羊 head, meat 月/肉 is cut刂, is the front), bottom: sword 刀
At the front your knife should start when shearing (a sheep).  
HSK 5
trade, commerce
mào
Top left: bend , right: sword 刀, below: shell/money 贝/貝
Bent under the sword and the money is the trade.  
HSK 5
at first, (at the) beginning, junior
chū
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: sword 刀
He is wearing the clothes and the sword for the first time.  
HSK 6
ticket, voucher, contract, deed
quàn
Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: sword 刀
The security guard with the swords cuts your ticket.  
HSK 6
to hack, to chop, to split open, (of lightning) to strike
pī, pǐ
Top: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), bottom: sword 刀
(It's cruel like) torture, when the sword is hacking into parts.  
HSK 6
garrulous, prattle, to receive the benefit of
dāo, tāo
Left: mouth 口, right: sword 刀
The mouth cuts like a sword, when being: garrulous.  
HSK 6
to hold between the teeth, ...in the mouth
diāo
Left: mouth 口, right: wicked, artful 刁 (variation of sword 刀)
In the mouth are the teeth ⌝, between which I hold something ノ.  
HSK 6
to engrave, carve, to chisel away at
qiè
Left: metal 钅/金, right: contract 契 (marked sticks were in parts carved with a sword 刀 in big 大 signs and rejoined, at fulfillment of: the contract.)
Into the metal the contract is engraved.  
no HSK
lax, relaxed, negligent
xiè
Left: feelings 忄, right: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: It that a solution?)
Feelings can be a solution, if you take it lax/relaxed.  
no HSK
edge of blade
rèn
Sword 刀 with a mark 丶
The mark at the sword points to the blade.  
no HSK
crab
xiè
Top: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: Is that a solution?), bottom: insect 虫
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws 刀 it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.  
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 刀, below: big 大
Cut into a tally stick with a sword in big letters: the contract.  
no HSK
wicked, artful
diāo

The crooked variation of sword 刀 is: wicked.  

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