Shuowen Jiezi (origin of Chinese Characters) > Ministry knife



Classification details: Knife puncture manufacture wire scissors Brush assistant Punishment benefit to scrape certificate beginning, initial, primary blow scalpel temple, shrine, monastary anxious nimble cleave endeavor, strive print scoop out series cut open and clean mark character judge to cut open analyse Gua river in Zhejiang curved wood graver Cun to chop Ji cut off the ears as punishment to prick Chao Du cut off the feet as punishment to file Duan pick (as teeth) bore manage, do, handle trim cut across (throat) a double-edged sword a defect, to cut with a sword an incised wound cut off the handle of a bow, try to dig and get something with a knife to cut apart medicinal preparation divide, mark off, lay boundary to cut, injure, stab, stick on amputate, cut off theatrical plays, opera, drama sharpen hard, tough, rigid, strong Ji to cut rule, law, regulation cut throat peel, peel off, to shell, strip Yuan ???? ???? ???? ????