cut, slash

Depicts using a knife () to cut crops (𣏮). Similar in origin to .

Components
𣏮 iconic component

𣏮  Iconic component

liè

  

stalk (stem) of grain

Depicts a grain stalk () with mark in the middle to indicate the stem.

刂 iconic component

  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

Evolution

剌 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
剌 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
剌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
剌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

slash, cut in two; contradict; to slash

 

perverse; unreasonable; absurd

Most common words with 剌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

perverse

瓦剌

Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (3 verified)

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)