Knife in Chinese (Mandarin): 刀 (dāo)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 刀

• 刀

  Knife. It began as a drawing of a blade.

  2 strokes

First tone. On the right of a character, 刀 becomes 刂, as in 剑 (jiàn, sword).

More examples with 刀

• 小朋友不要玩刀。

  Xiǎopéngyou bú yào wán dāo.

  Children should not play with knives.

• 爸爸用刀切西瓜。

  Bàba yòng dāo qiē xīguā.

  Dad cuts the watermelon with a knife.

How to write 刀 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.