劊 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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guì

amputate

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

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

會 Sound component

huì, kuài

to gather

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

guì

amputate, cut off; to amputate; to cut off; also pr. [kuài]

Most common words with 劊

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	刽子手	executioner
	刽	to amputate

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3959th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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