刴 (duò) - To chop & to cut

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duò ｜ 8 strokes ｜ radical: 刂

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刴 · duò

To chop;

to cut;

to mince;

to hack.

To chopto cutto mince

Usage highlights

chopping meatchopping woodmincing garlichacking apartchopping blockchopping knife

Synonyms

  • 剁— to chop; to mince
  • 砍— to chop; to hack
  • 切— to cut; to slice

Antonyms

  • 接— to connect; to join
  • 合— to combine; to unite

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The butcher chopped the meat (刴肉).
  • He was chopping wood (刴柴).
  • The recipe requires minced garlic (刴蒜).

Collocations

  • chopping meat(刴肉)
  • chopping wood(刴柴)
  • mincing garlic(刴蒜)
  • hacking apart(刴开)
  • chopping block(刴板)
  • chopping knife(刴刀)

Idioms

  • Chop into pieces(千刀万刴)
  • Fine mincing(细刴细切)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • This character is primarily used in the context of cooking and butchering.
  • It appears in some regional dialects and classical texts, though 剁 is more common in modern usage.

FAQ