← Character Components

COMPONENT GUIDE

The “刂” component

dāo · Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element, referred to as 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] or 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

Found in 81 indexed Chinese characters.

Characters containing 刂

mow

kān

to print

wěn

cut across (throat)

xíng

punishment

huà

to row

yuè

to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])

liè

to arrange

liú

(classical) a type of battle-ax

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

gāng

hard

chuàng

(bound form) a wound; to wound

shān

to delete

pàn

(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish

bié

Chinese character

páo

carpenter's plane

sharp

shān

Chinese character

bié

to leave; to part (from)

guā

to scrape

dào

to reach; to arrive

to cut open

shuā

a brush

chà

Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4duo1luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra")

thorn

quarter (hour)

guì

to amputate

guì

cut

kǎi

used in 剴切|剀切[kai3 qie4]

duò

to chop up (meat etc)

dose (medicine)

shave

Chinese character

xiāo

to peel with a knife

kēi

to scold

perverse

chà

Chinese character

guǎ

cut off the flesh as punishment

jiàn

double-edged sword

to scrape the meat from bones

pōu

to cut open

gāng

Chinese character

wān

to scoop out

bāo

Chinese character

used in 剞劂[ji1 jue2]

yǎn

river in Zhejiang

bāo

to peel

theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc)

shèng

to remain

guǎ

Chinese character

secondary

to cut

hook

chuàng

Chinese character

chǎn

Chinese character

piāo

to rob

jiǎo

to destroy

qiāo

to neuter livestock

jué

used in 剞劂[ji1jue2]

huá

Chinese character

zhā

to prick with a needle

Chinese character

liú

Chinese character

guì

Chinese character

jiàn

Chinese character

huō

(coll.) to slit with a knife

Chinese character

cut off the nose

shuài

(bound form) commander-in-chief

shī

teacher

dāo

deuterium 2H

bān

team; class; grade

shù

to erect

to punish; to penalize; to fine

Chinese character

jīng

chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)

kuǎi

a rush

surname Ji

biàn

to distinguish

zhāo

Chinese character

zhāo

to encourage

Chinese character