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knife

How it’s built

Pictograph of a knife.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 刀 as a component, most common first.

分fēnto divide 解jiěto explain 色sècolor 切qièto cut 伤shāngto injure 初chūbeginning 召zhàoimperial decree 剪jiǎnscissors 劈pīto chop 勿wùmust not 叨dāotalkative 絕juéto cut 傷shāngto injure

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