Chinese Character Wiki

磔

zhé

to dismember

Components
石 meaning component

石  Meaning component

shí, dàn

  

stone

rock

桀 sound component

桀  Sound component

jié

  

cruel

Evolution

磔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
磔 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
磔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

磔  

zhé

to dismember, tear apart; downward stroke slanting right; tearing off limbs as punishment

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5597th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+78D4

Shuowen

“磔，辜也。从桀，石聲。”


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