刀
knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs
刀 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
Characters with 刀 as component
to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
Character component without intrinsic meaning
I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.
that / those / then (in that case) / commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)
召
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刀
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口
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Mnemonic symbol: an intercom to call everyone together. James II of England (zh) prepares a few mandarins (口) for everyone in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) by cutting them with a cleaver (刀). As he is finished he calls everyone together (召) over the intercom (召) to come over and fetch a piece.
Words with 刀
lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom) / fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause)
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing
lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations