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刖
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cutting off feet

HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Weapons
yuè
ゲツ、グチ、ゴツ、ゴチ、カツ
き.る、あやう.い
Originally a pictograph of a saw cutting off a person's foot. Later the character was changed to a phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 月 represents the sound.
Components
月 month+ 刂 knife (side) =
刖 cutting off feet
月 Phonetic component
yuè month
moon
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刂 Meaning component
dāo knife (side)
knife
Notes
Similar Characters
塍 Path A Raised Path外 outside炙 broil钥 lock (simp)亙 extend across (trad)明 bright望 expect朝 dynasty朐 warm (6710)朔 first day of lunar month朗 lucent朞 full year期 period of time朦 dim朧 moon (trad)潸 tears甩 fling肖 resemble胧 condition or appearance (simp)臍 abdominal area of crab (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
刖 [yuè]
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China); see also 五刑[wǔ​xíng]
Japanese
刖 げつ 同音
noun historical cutting off a foot (one of the five punishments of ancient China)
Example Sentences