刿
guì

to cut

Components

岁
岁 Sound component
suì year
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

knife

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

劌 to cut Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjwejH[C.qʷ](r)a[t]-sto wound, damage
Zhengzhangkʷrads

說文解字

利傷也。从刀歲聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)