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刎

wěn

Character

What 刎 means

1. cut across (throat)

Example sentences

• 汤姆自刎了。
  Tāngmǔ zìwěn le.
  Tom slit his own throat.

Words containing 刎

• 自刎zì wěnto commit suicide by cutting one's own throat

Sounds the same

Read wěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 稳settled; steady; stable
• 吻kiss; to kiss; mouth
• 紊involved; tangled; disorderly
• 揾to look for (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 找
• 呡the corners of the mouth; the lips
• 忞disorderly; messy; chaotic

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