小刀

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Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
knife
simp. and trad.
(小刀)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小刀

  1. pocketknife; penknife
  2. shortsword

Synonyms

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  • (pocketknife):

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1
とう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 小刀 (sjewX taw, literally small + blade). Compare modern Mandarin reading xiǎodāo, Cantonese siu2 dou1, Min Nan sió-to.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)(とう) (shōtōせうたう (seutau)?

  1. small knife, short sword

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かたな > がたな
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of (ko, small, little) +‎ (katana, sword, blade).[3][1][2] The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(がたな) (kogatana

  1. small knife, short sword
Usage notes
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  • The kogatana reading is more common than shōtō.
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
ちい(さ)
Grade: 1
かたな > がたな
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 小さ (chīsa, small, the stem of adjective 小さい chīsai) +‎ (katana, sword, blade). The katana changes to gatana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちいさ)(がたな) (chīsagatana

  1. a specific kind of short sword without a hilt guard

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN