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Kanji Detail for 刁 - "cunning, sway, gong"
刁
- Meaning
刁 means "cunning, sway, gong."
Cunning - Sly; crafty.
Sway - To shake; to move about.
Gong - A pot used as a percussion instrument and cooking vessel.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
tricky; sly; crafty; cunning
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tricky, sly, crafty, cunning
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Diao
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tricky, sly, crafty, cunning
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
刁斗: An ancient military utensil. Can hold one dou. Used for cooking during the day. Struck at night by those on watch. | Colloquially, cunning people are called 刁. Such as 刁頑 (cunning), 刁健 (crafty).
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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