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Kanji Detail for 刖 - "cut, amputate"
刖
- Meaning
刖 means "cut, amputate."
Cut - To sever; to cut off.
Amputate - A punishment of cutting off the feet.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
cutting off feet as form of punishment
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cutting off feet as form of punishment
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cutting off the feet as a form of punishment
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To cut off the feet. An ancient corporal punishment.
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