Pinyin: diāoEnglish Definition: to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
Chinese Definition:
①用嘴衔住:嘴里叼着烟卷。
Total strokes: 5;
Radical: 口 Pictophonetic:
刁 indicates the sound;
口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 刁 [ diāo ] tricky, sly, crafty, cunning