刂 dāo knife (radical)

Made with 2 strokes.
Alternative form of knife - used as radical for many characters to do with cutting

Different tone

倒 dǎo (fall) 岛 dǎo (island) 到 dào (arrive) 道 dào (road)
Full character form of this simplified radical: 刀 dāo

Radical

Index 18 used in: 别 bié (to leave) ; 厕 cè (toilet) ; 超 chāo (to exceed) ; 到 dào (arrive) ; 刚 gāng (hard) ; 剧 jù (drama) ; 刊 kān (to print) ; 利 lì (sharp) ; 梨 lí (pear) ; 前 qián (front) ; 狮 shī (lion) ; 则 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)

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