快刀

Chinese

fast; quick; swift knife
trad. (快刀) 快 刀
simp. #(快刀) 快 刀

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 快 刀
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 夬 (30) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) II I
Fanqie 苦夬切 都勞切
Baxter khwaejH taw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰˠuaiH/ /tɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰʷᵚaiH/ /tɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuaiH/ /tɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰwaɨjsH/ /taw/
Li
Rong
/kʰuaiH/ /tɑu/
Wang
Li
/kʰwæiH/ /tɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰwaiH/ /tɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kuài dāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
faai3 dou1

Noun

快刀

  1. (literary) sharp knife

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
快 刀
かい
Grade: 5
とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) かいとー [kàítóó] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [ka̠ito̞ː]

    Noun

    快(かい)刀(とう) • (kaitō) 

    1. sharp sword
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