短刀

Chinese

		lack; short	knife
simp. and trad. (短刀)		短	刀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duǎndāo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
Min Nan (POJ): té-to

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: duǎndāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄉㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doandau
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: té-to
  - Tâi-lô: té-to
  - Phofsit Daibuun: defdoy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /te⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

短刀

(weaponry) short knife; short sword; dagger

Japanese

Tantōs with "Saya" (sheaths)

Kanji in this term
短	刀
たん Grade: 3	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

短 +‎ 刀: a "small sword."

Noun

短刀 (hiragana たんとう, rōmaji tantō)

(weaponry) A small sword or knife; often used as a secondary weapon to a katana.

Coordinate terms

See Thesaurus:短刀.
小刀 (こがたな) (kogatana), 小 (しょう)刀 (とう) (shōtō)
刀 (かたな) (katana)
合口 (あいくち) (aikuchi)
脇差 (わきざし) (wakizashi)
大小 (だいしょう) (daishō)

See also

短刀 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Tantō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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