Read Edit View history 刖 yuè cutting off feet as form of punishment Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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. Pinyin Separate values with commas yuè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 刖 Simp strokes 刖 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 刖 Simp strokes 刖 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 刖 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 184, 728 ], [ 206, 712 ], [ 224, 686 ], [ 227, 595 ], [ 213, 382 ], [ 196, 302 ], [ 170, 226 ], [ 135, 149 ], [ 82, 66 ] ], [ [ 253, 718 ], [ 262, 710 ], [ 280, 710 ], [ 387, 739 ], [ 411, 724 ], [ 424, 704 ], [ 413, 149 ], [ 407, 127 ], [ 391, 108 ], [ 363, 116 ], [ 289, 160 ] ], [ [ 259, 527 ], [ 281, 547 ], [ 313, 550 ], [ 339, 545 ] ], [ [ 241, 364 ], [ 259, 383 ], [ 271, 386 ], [ 302, 388 ], [ 343, 381 ] ], [ [ 550, 639 ], [ 582, 601 ], [ 580, 271 ] ], [ [ 708, 808 ], [ 743, 785 ], [ 767, 757 ], [ 762, 439 ], [ 772, 131 ], [ 767, 102 ], [ 750, 68 ], [ 716, 80 ], [ 637, 135 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 240 396 Q 240 400 241 402 Q 248 462 252 520 L 253 560 Q 254 572 254 582 Q 254 679 260 691 C 263 710 263 710 245 720 Q 230 730 208 738 Q 189 747 176 740 Q 166 733 172 720 Q 190 693 197 647 Q 197 425 182 345 Q 178 329 174 311 Q 144 205 80 79 Q 76 72 74 66 Q 73 54 83 58 Q 96 61 131 112 Q 198 199 233 359 L 240 396 Z", "M 260 691 Q 260 692 262 692 Q 311 702 360 714 Q 379 720 385 709 Q 407 648 387 235 Q 378 157 374 150 Q 370 144 351 149 Q 326 156 299 165 Q 280 174 280 164 Q 332 110 361 72 Q 374 53 389 47 Q 398 43 407 52 Q 449 100 450 154 Q 443 329 448 613 Q 447 671 461 696 Q 474 715 462 726 Q 440 745 404 760 Q 386 767 370 760 Q 333 741 310 733 Q 286 726 245 720 C 215 715 231 684 260 691 Z", "M 252 520 Q 298 529 335 533 Q 360 539 350 552 Q 337 567 311 570 Q 287 571 253 560 C 224 551 223 514 252 520 Z", "M 233 359 Q 293 366 338 370 Q 363 374 353 388 Q 343 404 315 408 Q 258 414 240 396 C 217 376 203 356 233 359 Z", "M 537 626 Q 571 539 547 343 Q 540 306 570 265 Q 580 253 591 266 Q 615 299 612 352 Q 612 562 617 594 Q 624 619 602 631 Q 584 641 565 651 Q 552 655 541 650 Q 532 643 537 626 Z", "M 730 720 Q 734 686 736 145 Q 735 123 723 113 Q 719 112 663 129 Q 629 148 630 136 Q 631 127 650 108 Q 708 44 720 12 Q 733 -27 750 -31 Q 766 -32 785 6 Q 815 78 807 172 Q 773 614 809 751 Q 827 785 764 810 Q 727 829 705 821 Q 686 814 703 788 Q 728 758 730 720 Z" ] } 6 strokes 刖 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 184, 728 ], [ 206, 712 ], [ 224, 686 ], [ 227, 595 ], [ 213, 382 ], [ 196, 302 ], [ 170, 226 ], [ 135, 149 ], [ 82, 66 ] ], [ [ 253, 718 ], [ 262, 710 ], [ 280, 710 ], [ 387, 739 ], [ 411, 724 ], [ 424, 704 ], [ 413, 149 ], [ 407, 127 ], [ 391, 108 ], [ 363, 116 ], [ 289, 160 ] ], [ [ 259, 527 ], [ 281, 547 ], [ 313, 550 ], [ 339, 545 ] ], [ [ 241, 364 ], [ 259, 383 ], [ 271, 386 ], [ 302, 388 ], [ 343, 381 ] ], [ [ 550, 639 ], [ 582, 601 ], [ 580, 271 ] ], [ [ 708, 808 ], [ 743, 785 ], [ 767, 757 ], [ 762, 439 ], [ 772, 131 ], [ 767, 102 ], [ 750, 68 ], [ 716, 80 ], [ 637, 135 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 240 396 Q 240 400 241 402 Q 248 462 252 520 L 253 560 Q 254 572 254 582 Q 254 679 260 691 C 263 710 263 710 245 720 Q 230 730 208 738 Q 189 747 176 740 Q 166 733 172 720 Q 190 693 197 647 Q 197 425 182 345 Q 178 329 174 311 Q 144 205 80 79 Q 76 72 74 66 Q 73 54 83 58 Q 96 61 131 112 Q 198 199 233 359 L 240 396 Z", "M 260 691 Q 260 692 262 692 Q 311 702 360 714 Q 379 720 385 709 Q 407 648 387 235 Q 378 157 374 150 Q 370 144 351 149 Q 326 156 299 165 Q 280 174 280 164 Q 332 110 361 72 Q 374 53 389 47 Q 398 43 407 52 Q 449 100 450 154 Q 443 329 448 613 Q 447 671 461 696 Q 474 715 462 726 Q 440 745 404 760 Q 386 767 370 760 Q 333 741 310 733 Q 286 726 245 720 C 215 715 231 684 260 691 Z", "M 252 520 Q 298 529 335 533 Q 360 539 350 552 Q 337 567 311 570 Q 287 571 253 560 C 224 551 223 514 252 520 Z", "M 233 359 Q 293 366 338 370 Q 363 374 353 388 Q 343 404 315 408 Q 258 414 240 396 C 217 376 203 356 233 359 Z", "M 537 626 Q 571 539 547 343 Q 540 306 570 265 Q 580 253 591 266 Q 615 299 612 352 Q 612 562 617 594 Q 624 619 602 631 Q 584 641 565 651 Q 552 655 541 650 Q 532 643 537 626 Z", "M 730 720 Q 734 686 736 145 Q 735 123 723 113 Q 719 112 663 129 Q 629 148 630 136 Q 631 127 650 108 Q 708 44 720 12 Q 733 -27 750 -31 Q 766 -32 785 6 Q 815 78 807 172 Q 773 614 809 751 Q 827 785 764 810 Q 727 829 705 821 Q 686 814 703 788 Q 728 758 730 720 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.