kǎi

sharpen

kǎi
(bound form) appropriate
(bound form) used in 剀切 kǎi​qiè meaning appropriate, relevant, or to the point
large sickle
(literary) a large sickle or scythe
to sharpen
(literary) to sharpen or hone (e.g., a blade on stone)

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Frequency

Character
Written text
6,294th most common 0.207 per million
Word
Written text
0.067 per million

Details

Traditional
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5240

Sources