磔 in English zhe2 Meaning

Meanings

  • old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (for example: the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]
  • sound made by birds (onomatopoeia (sound))
  • (literary) to dismember (form of punishment)
  • to spread

Simplified Characters

磔

Traditional Characters

磔

Pinyin

zhe2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

磔zhe2tearing off limbs as punishment