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The Cantonese word dou - 刀 - dou1
(knife in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von douDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de douFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española dedouEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

dou1

English translations

knife

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 刀 ( dou1 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
刀
The traditional Chinese characters of dou1 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Topic
At the Restaurant
Usage as a radical
刀 can also be used as a radical, i.e. as a sub-component of a Chinese character.
Character complexity
the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character the more strokes, the harder it is to write and memorize this character 

刀 is composed of 2 strokes and therefore is of extremely low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

blade  |  rasp
刀 ( dou / dou1 ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 631)
Other characters that are pronounced dou1 in Cantonese
都 (all)

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