锲
鍥qiè
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to cut, to carve, to engrave
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
锲 has 钅 metal as its meaning part and 契, knife-writing for divination, which also supplies the sound. It first meant to carve, then grew to 'to engrave, chisel' and 'to cut'.
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