Translingual

Han character

刣 (radical 18 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈口中弓 (IRLN), composition ⿰台刂)

References

• KangXi: page 138, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1922
• Dae Jaweon: page 311, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 332, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5223

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : phonetic 台 + semantic 刂 ‎(“knife”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

刣

1. ^† to pare; to scrape

Etymology 2

Substrate word. Compare:

• Proto-Hmong-Mien *təjH ‎(“to kill”) ~ Proto-Hmong-Mien *dəjH ‎(“to die”)
  • White Hmong tua ‎(“to kill”)
  • White Hmong tuag ‎(“to die”)
• Proto-Austronesian *pa-aCay ‎(“to kill”) ~ Proto-Austronesian *ma-aCay ‎(“to die”)
  • Amis patay ‎(“to die; death”)
  • Cebuano patay ‎(“dead; to kill”)
• Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ ‎(“to die”)
  • Thai ตาย ‎(dtaai, “to die”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

刣 (Min)

1. to kill; to slaughter
2. to cut
3. to cut open

Synonyms

• (to kill): (Mandarin) 殺／杀 (shā)

Compounds