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Keyword
to cut
  • to sever flesh from bone
Frequency
#4301
Strokes
9
Readings
guǎ
Mnemonic
刂 (knife) gives the meaning and 呙 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
剐guǎ
cut off the flesh as punishment
千刀万剐qiāndāowànguǎ
(idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)