# 刀刃
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dāorèn
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dǎorēn
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dou$^1$ jan$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): dau$^1$ zeng$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-līm / to-jīm
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāorèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: daorèn
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^1$-jên$^4$
*** Yale: dāu-rèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daurenn
*** Palladius: даожэнь (daožɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāorènr
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄖㄣˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: daorènr
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^1$-jên$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dāu-rènr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daurell
*** Palladius: даожэньр (daožɛnʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐəɻ⁵¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: dǎorēn
*** Sinological IPA : /tau²¹ ʐẽ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^1$ jan$^6$
*** Yale: dōu yahn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^1$ jan$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^1$ yen$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯⁵⁵ jɐn²²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: dau$^1$ zeng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tau¹¹ t͡sə̃ŋ⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-līm
*** Tâi-lô: to-līm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doilim
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /to³³ lim⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /to⁴⁴⁻²² lim²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-jīm
*** Tâi-lô: to-jīm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doijim
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zim²²/
* Middle Chinese: taw nyinH
Rime :
| Character | 刀 | 刃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 都勞切 | 而振切 |
| Baxter | taw | nyinH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tɑu/ | /ȵiɪn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tɑu/ | /ȵin$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɑu/ | /ȵʑjen$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /taw/ | /ȵin$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /tɑu/ | /ȵiĕn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tɑu/ | /ȵʑĭĕn$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tɑu/ | /ȵʑi̯ĕn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dāo | rèn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dou$^1$ | jan$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.tˤaw nə[n]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*taːw njɯns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 刀 | 刃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | dāo | rèn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ taw › | ‹ nyin$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.tˁaw/ | /*nə[n]-s/ |
| English | knife | edge of a blade |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 刀 | 刃 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2108 | 10831 |
| Phonetic component | 刀 | 刃 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | | 刃 |
| Old Chinese | /*taːw/ | /*njɯns/ |

### Noun

刀刃
* edge of a knife; knife blade
* (figurative) crucial point; pivotal point

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 刀刃, 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 刀刃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 刀刃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 刀口 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 刀刃子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 刀口 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 刀口 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 刀口 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 刀口, 刀鋒 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 刀嘴 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 刀口 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 刀刃 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 刀口 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 刀喙 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鋩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鐮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 刀喙, 刀喙口, 刀鋩 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 刀喙, 刀鋩 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 刀鋩 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 刀喙 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 刀喙 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 刀喙 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 刀口, 刀尖 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 刀口 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 刀口 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 刀口 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 刀口子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 刀口 |
* (crucial point): 刀口 (dāokǒu)

#### Derived terms

* 好鋼用在刀刃上／好钢用在刀刃上 (hǎogāng yòngzài dāorènshàng)