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Kanji Detail for 刖 - "cut, amputate"

刖

  • Meaning

    刖 means "cut, amputate."

    1. Cut - To sever; to cut off.

    2. 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.
  • Onyomitip

    getsu(げつ) げつ

    gochi gochi

    gotsu gotsu

    guchi guchi

    katsu(かつ) かつ

  • Kunyomitip

    ayahui ayahui

    ki.ru(きる) きる

  • Strokestip

    6 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords
    cut sever amputate punishment cutting feet
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