Radical
Strokes
2
Residual strokes
0
Mandarin
diāo
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
0 strokes
Strokes
2 strokes
Mandarin
diāo

Definitions by reading

dieu1
Mandarin equivalent diāo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng diao1 Chenghai tiou1 Jieyang diao1 Raoping diao1 Shantou diao1
①狡猾:刁棍(恶人)
②<潮>指妇女能干会办事:阿妹真刁
③<潮>指妇女泼辣:阿凤姐真刁厥
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
端母 四等 開口 蕭韵 平声 都聊切
Reconstruction:
Original

軍器纂文曰:刁斗,持時鈴也。又姓,出渤海,風俗通云:齊大夫豎刁之後,俗作刀。