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剌

lá, là

cut, slash

Depicts using a knife (刂) to cut crops (𣏮). Similar in origin to 利.

Components
𣏮 iconic component

𣏮  Iconic component

liè

  

stalk (stem) of grain

Depicts a grain stalk (禾) with mark in the middle to indicate the stem.

刂 iconic component

刂  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

剌 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
剌 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
剌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
剌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

剌  

lá

slash, cut in two; contradict; to slash

剌  

là

perverse; unreasonable; absurd

Most common words with 剌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

剌

perverse

瓦剌

Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (3 verified)

賴 赖 辣 喇 瘌

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

辣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə.rˤat (~ C.rˤat ?)

lat

là

wicked; spicy


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3577th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+524C

Shuowen

“剌，戾也。从束，从刀。刀者，剌之也。”


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