dāo

technical
archaic

Meaning of

鱽 means knife fish; a type of fish with a body shape resembling a knife. Pronounced dāo.

  • knife fish; a type of fish with a body shape resembling a knife

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

zhōng
dào
de
dāo
 
tōng
cháng
zhǐ
dài
 

The 'dāo' mentioned in ancient texts usually refers to the hairtail fish.

 
Běn
cǎo
gāng
 
zǎi
le
dāo
de
yào
yòng
jià
zhí
 

The 'Compendium of Materia Medica' records the medicinal value of the knife fish.

Measure Words

/ tiáo
Primary
/ wěi