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剐

剮
guǎ
verb #28,284

Meanings

  1. 1 to cut flesh from the bone as punishment
  2. 2 to scrape

Examples

千刀万剐是古代极刑之一。
Qiān dāo wàn guǎ shì gǔdài jí xíng zhī yī.
Death by a thousand cuts was one of the most severe punishments in ancient times.
他的腿被铁丝网剐破了。
Tā de tuǐ bèi tiěsī wǎng guǎ pò le.
His leg was scraped and torn by the barbed wire.

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history
剐 most famously appears in 千刀万剐 (death by a thousand cuts), also called 凌迟 (língchí), a historical form of execution involving multiple cuts to the body before death. It was abolished in China in 1905.

Stroke Order

剐 guǎ