Dong Chinese dictionary

wěn

cut throat

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound.

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

勿 Sound component

wù

must not

刎 and 勿 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

wěn

behead, cut throat; cut across (throat)

Most common words with 刎

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	自刎	to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
	刎	cut across (throat)

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