Chinese Character 刖 Meanings and components.

Form

刖

Meaning

刖 meaning[3] in English

To Amputate One Or Both Feet (Punishment In Imperial China).

See Also 五刑[Wu3 Xing2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 刖 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are moon (月) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with BLN

How to write 刖

To write刖yue4to amputate … you should write a combination of 月yue4moon , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

月 + 刂 = 刖

刖 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 刖 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 刖, looks as follow:

刖
Pinyin:yue4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Amputate One Or Both Feet (Punishment In Imperial China) . See Also 五刑[Wu3 Xing2]
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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