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Kanji Detail for 馘 - "cut ears, behead, fire"
馘
- Meaning
馘 means "cut ears, behead, fire."
Cut ears - To sever an enemy's left ear as proof of killing.
Behead - To cut off a head.
Fire - To dismiss from employment (Japanese usage).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
behead; dismiss
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cut off left ear; tally dead enemy
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(literary) to cut off the left ear of a slain enemy; the severed ear of a slain enemy
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to cut off the left ear; to tally the enemy's dead
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To cut off ears. When killing an enemy and presenting their left ear, it is called 馘.
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