刀圭

Chinese

		knife	jade tablet
simp. and trad. (刀圭)		刀	圭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāoguī

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠㄍㄨㄟ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāoguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: daoguei
  - Wade–Giles: tao¹-kuei¹
  - Yale: dāu-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dauguei
  - Palladius: даогуй (daoguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

刀圭

(historical) a knife-shaped object for measuring medicine dosage
(figurative, literary) medicine; art of healing

Derived terms

一刀圭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刀	圭
とう Grade: 2	けい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーけー [tòókéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːke̞ː]

Noun

刀(とう)圭(けい) • (tōkei) ^{←たうけい (taukei)^?}

(historical) medicine spoon
(figurative) medicine, medical doctor

Derived terms

刀圭家(とうけいか) (tōkeika, “medical doctor”)

References

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