Character Details
| cut (to) | Ascii: — | w27 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 切 | qiē | tchee:eh | 1 | 七 (seven) + 刀 (knife) → cut | 切 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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With seven swords it will be easy to cut something (even yourself on accident!). | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 3] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - He cut the meat with a blunt knife | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Single Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Radical | Name | Label | Domain | Component Persona | Example Characters | ||||||
| 19 - 刀 | dāo | knife | knife | knife blade | 刀 分 | ||||||
| Elements | Semantic Element | Phonetic Element | Note | ||||||||
| 七 (seven) + 刀 (knife) → cut | 刀 (semantic) | 七 (phonetic) | phonetic from 七 | ||||||||