刀工

Chinese

		knife	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
simp. and trad. (刀工)		刀	工

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāogōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāogōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: daogong
    • Wade–Giles: tao¹-kung¹
    • Yale: dāu-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daugong
    • Palladius: даогун (daogun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ gung¹
    • Yale: dōu gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

刀工

1. knife skills

Japanese

刀工 (tōkō): a swordsmith at work.

Kanji in this term
刀	工
とう Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Unclear. May be from Middle Chinese compound 刀工 (taw kuwng, literally “knife work”). Alternatively, may be a Japanese coinage based on Middle Chinese components.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーこー [tòókóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

刀(とう)工(こう) • (tōkō) ^{←たうこう (taukou)?}

1. a swordsmith, someone who makes swords

Synonyms

• 刀鍛冶(かたなかじ) (katana kaji)
• 刀匠(とうしょう) (tōshō)