| 剐 | |||
| cut, cut flesh from bones | |||
| Radical | 刀刁刂𠚣 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | guǎ | Cantonese reading | waa2 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 剮 | cut, cut flesh from bones | |
| 剐 | [ guǎ ] cut off the flesh as punishment |
| ⇒ 千刀万剐 | [ qiān daō wàn guǎ ] to make mincemeat of sb, to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing) |
| ⇒ 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马 | [ shě de yī shēn guǎ gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎ ] one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb), to a fearless person, no fence is high enough |