刖
yuèspelled as üe · 4th tone — spelling rules
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one…
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Character Decomposition
刖=月+刂
Etymology
knife
Meanings
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑 wǔ xíng)
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