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): ㄉㄠㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ gung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāogōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠㄍㄨㄥ
  - 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

knife skills

Japanese

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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːko̞ː]

Noun

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

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)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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