# 刁

| 刁 | U+5201, &#20993; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5201 |
| ← 刀 [U+5200] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 刂 → [U+5202] |

## Translingual
### Han character

刁 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 尸一 (SM), four-corner 1712$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (diao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): diu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tiâu
    (Hailu, HRS): diau$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): diau$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): diĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiau / thiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diao$^1$ / diou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tiau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diao
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^1$
*** Yale: dyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
*** Palladius: дяо (djao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: diao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: diu$^1$
*** Yale: dīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: diu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: diu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: diau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: diau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: diau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: diau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tiau⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /tieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /tieu⁵³³/
* 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: diao$^1$ / diou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiau / tiou
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau³³/, /tiou³³/
* diao1 - Shantou;
* diou1 - Chaozhou.
* 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 | diu$^1$ |
* 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
    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):
* 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 (yenn$^2$ fan$^4$) (Xiang)
* 圓滑 / 圆滑 (yuánhuá)
* 圞泛 / 𪢮泛 (lonn$^2$ fan$^4$) (Xiang)
* 奸宄 (Hokkien)
* 奸巧 (Hokkien)
* 奸狡
* 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
* 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
* 姦刁 / 奸刁 ($^1$ke-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 (jam$^1$ sap$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
* 頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

#### Compounds

* 刁健訟棍 / 刁健讼棍
* 刁刁
* 刁厥
* 刁嘴
* 刁天厥地
* 刁天撅地
* 刁天決地 / 刁天决地
* 刁姦 / 刁奸
* 刁徒
* 刁悍
* 刁惡 / 刁恶
* 刁拐
* 刁搔
* 刁斗
* 刁棍
* 刁民 (diāomín)
* 刁決 / 刁决
* 刁決古憋 / 刁决古憋
* 刁滑 (diāohuá)
* 刁狡
* 刁皮
* 刁蕭 / 刁萧
* 刁虐
* 刁蠻 / 刁蛮 (diāomán)
* 刁訟 / 刁讼
* 刁詐 / 刁诈
* 刁話 / 刁话
* 刁蹬
* 刁蹬用強 / 刁蹬用强
* 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
* 刁鑽古怪 / 刁钻古怪
* 刁難 / 刁难 (diāonàn)
* 刁頓 / 刁顿
* 刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán)
* 刁風 / 刁风
* 刁風拐月 / 刁风拐月
* 刁騷 / 刁骚
* 千刁萬惡 / 千刁万恶
* 奸刁
* 撒刁
* 撒潑放刁 / 撒泼放刁
* 放刁
* 放刁把濫 / 放刁把滥
* 放刁撒潑 / 放刁撒泼
* 百般刁難 / 百般刁难 (bǎibān diāonàn)
* 石刁柏 (shídiāobǎi)

### 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō)

#### 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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