劊
guì

amputate

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 會 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

會
會 Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːbs
koːd

說文解字

斷也。从刀會聲。

Sources

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

刽 guì amputate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 会 represents the sound. Simplified form of 劊.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

会
会 Sound component
huì, kuài to gather

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode