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切

qiè, qiē

cut

Phonosemantic compound. 刀 represents the meaning and 七 represents the sound.

Components
七 sound component

七  Sound component

qī

  

seven

刀 meaning component

刀  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

Evolution

切 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
切 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

切  

qiè

cut, mince, slice, carve; definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; close to; eager; to correspond to; see also 反切[fǎn​qiè]

切  

qiē

to cut; to slice; tangent (math)

Most common words with 切
Freq.
Word
Meaning

一切

every

切

definitely

密切

close

切实

feasible

切除

to excise

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

彻 砌

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

彻 窃 砌 沏

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]ˤi[t]

tshet

qiè

cut; urgent


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 90.3412% of movies

278th most common character in movies

337th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5207

Shuowen

“切，刌也。从刀，七聲。”


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