刽
劊guì
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to amputate, to cut off
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
刽 has 刂 knife for meaning and 会 huì for sound. It first meant cutting something in two. The meaning grew to cut or chop off, and finally to behead.
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