剃 tì HSK7 shave Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 弟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 薙. Components 刂 刂 Meaning component dāo knife 刂 is a component form of 刀. 弟 弟 Sound component dì, di younger brother Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtʰiːls Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang