U+5200 "刀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5200 "刀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logographic character used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it primarily means "knife" or "blade" and serves as a radical (often numbered 18 in Kangxi dictionaries) for words related to cutting or sharpness. In Chinese, it is read as dāo; in Japanese, as katana or tō; and in Korean, as do. Its pictographic origin depicts an ancient knife or sword, and it appears as a key component in compound characters like 分 (to divide, indicating a knife cutting something in two) or 切 (to cut). The character carries cultural significance beyond its literal meaning, often symbolizing decisiveness, strength, or the concept of a blade in martial arts and classical literature, and it is commonly found in everyday vocabulary and historical texts across East Asia.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
刀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
刀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x88 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5200 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005200 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5200 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A44D |
| kCCCII |
21334F |
| kCNS1986 |
1-442E |
| kCNS1992 |
1-442E |
| kCangjie |
SH |
| kCantonese |
dou1 |
| kCihaiT |
173.401 |
| kCowles |
4195 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0304.040 |
| kDefinition |
knife; old coin; measure |
| kEACC |
21334F |
| kFanqie |
都勞 |
| kFenn |
219A |
| kFennIndex |
500.07 |
| kFourCornerCode |
1722.0 |
| kGB0 |
2122 |
| kGB1 |
2122 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
1131a |
| kHangul |
도:0E |
| kHanYu |
10319.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
dāo(284) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10319.120:dāo,diāo |
| kHDZRadBreak |
⼑[U+2F11]:10319.120 |
| kHKGlyph |
0324 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0304.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10319.120 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0135.240 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-3536 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A44D |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4561 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-D5EC |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-536F |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-442E |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-4C6F |
| kJapanese |
トウ チョウ かたな |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:18 |
| kJapaneseKun |
KATANA |
| kJapaneseOn |
TOU |
| kJis0 |
3765 |
| kKangXi |
0135.240 |
| kKorean |
TO |
| kLau |
566 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0430 |
| kMandarin |
dāo |
| kMatthews |
6124 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3136 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ007447 |
| kMorohashi |
01845 |
| kNelson |
0665 |
| kPhonetic |
1353 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+3163+18.2.0 |
| kRSUnicode |
18.0 |
| kSBGY |
156.45 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+5202<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
55.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
dāo粵dou1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0430 |
| kTang |
*dɑu |
| kTayNumeric |
1 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
067.120:dāo |
| kTotalStrokes |
2 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
đao |
| kXerox |
244:163 |
| kXHC1983 |
0217.050:dāo |