Radical family

刂 radical character index

dāo · knife; cutting

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71 indexed characters

Characters are grouped by total stroke count so you can narrow the family the same way a traditional radical index works.

2

2 strokes

1 character
刂dāo

knife

4

4 strokes

1 character
刈yì

to cut off, to reap, to mow

5

5 strokes

1 character
刊kān

publication, periodical

6

6 strokes

9 characters
刚gāng

hard, strong, tough

则zé

rule, law, regulation

列liè

a line

划huà

to row or paddle a boat

创chuàng

to establish, to create

刘liú

to kill, to destroy

刎wěn

to behead, to cut the throat

刑xíng

punishment, penalty

刖yuè

cutting off the feet as a form of punishment

7

7 strokes

8 characters
别bié

to separate, to distinguish, to classify

利lì

gains, advantage, profit, merit

判pàn

to judge

删shān

to delete

刨páo

carpenter's plane

別bié

to separate, to distinguish, to classify

刭jǐng

to cut the throat

刪shān

to delete

8

8 strokes

13 characters
到dào

to go to, to arrive

制zhì

system

刺cì

to stab

剂jì

dose

刷shuā

brush

刻kè

to carve, to engrave

刮guā

to shave

剁duò

to chop by pounding, to hash, to mince

刽guì

to amputate, to cut off

刿guì

to cut, to injure, to stab

剀kǎi

to sharpen

刳kū

to cut open, to dig out, to rip up, to scoop out

刹shā

temple, shrine, monastary

9

9 strokes

10 characters
前qián

in front, forward

剑jiàn

sword, dagger, saber

削xuē

to pare, to scrape, to trim

剃tì

to shave

剐guǎ

to cut

荆jīng

thorns, brambles

剋kè

to subdue, to restrain, to overcome

剌lá

to slash, to cut in two

剎shā

temple, shrine, monastary

則zé

rule, law, regulation

10

10 strokes

9 characters
剧jù

theatrical plays, opera, drama

剥bō

to peel, to skin

剝bō

to peel, to skin

剛gāng

hard, strong, tough

剞jī

carving or engraving

剖pōu

to bisect, to dissect, to slice

剡shàn

sharp, pointed

剔tī

to pick out

剜wān

to cut

11

11 strokes

2 characters
副fù

to assist, to supplement

剮guǎ

to cut

12

12 strokes

4 characters
剩shèng

leftovers, residue, remains

割gē

to cut, to divide, to partition

創chuàng

to establish, to create

剳dá

note, memo, official communique

13

13 strokes

3 characters
剷chǎn

to raze, to pare, to level off

剿jiǎo

to annihilate, to destroy, to exterminate

剽piāo

to rob, to plunder, to slice off

14

14 strokes

3 characters
劃huà

to row or paddle a boat

劂jué

chisel

劁qiāo

to castrate, to neuter

15

15 strokes

5 characters
劊guì

to amputate, to cut off

劐huō

to destroy

劍jiàn

sword, dagger, saber

劇jù

theatrical plays, opera, drama

劉liú

to kill, to destroy

16

16 strokes

2 characters
劑jì

dose

劓yì

to cut off the nose

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