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剐

guǎ

Character Traditional 剮

What 剐 means

1. cut off the flesh as punishment

Words containing 剐

• 千刀万剐qiān dāo wàn guǎ(idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
• 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎone who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor…

Characters that look like 剐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 剂jì(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients…
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 柜guìcupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 剜wānto scoop out; to gouge out

Sounds the same

Read guǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 寡few; scant; widowed