劂

劂 · jué

chisel for engraving; engrave

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jué
Cantonese
kyut3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

chisel for engraving; engrave

Dictionary definitions & readings

劂 jué · used in 剞劂 jī jué

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10355.100:jué Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0618.170:jué Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
189.020:jué Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jué粵kyut3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケツ ケ ケイ カイ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
궤:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
khoét Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
居月 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MOLN Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7220.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0144.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
478.23 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5282
Radical
刀 · 18
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7666

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

14 strokes
劂
Strokes
14
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

14 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kjwot · 居月 · 山合三入元見 · #3357

PHONO-ML, source line 17362; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
188.501
kDaeJaweon
0325.040
kHanYu
10355.100
kIRGDaeJaweon
0325.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10355.100
kIRGKangXi
0144.080
kKangXi
0144.080
kMatthews
1681
kMeyerWempe
1298b
kMorohashi
02190
kNelson
0243
kSBGY
478.23
kSMSZD2003Index
63.16
kCangjie
MOLN
kFourCornerCode
7220.0
kMojiJoho
MJ007593
kPhonetic
668
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5863
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B9BB
kIRG_JSource
J14-233E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3809
kIRG_KSource
K1-5B2A
kIRG_TSource
T1-6823
kIRG_VSource
V1-4D32
kRSUnicode
18.12
kTotalStrokes
14
kBigFive
B9BB
kCCCII
216B74
kCNS1986
1-6823
kCNS1992
1-6823
kEACC
216B74
kGB0
5667
kGB1
5667
kJIS0213
2,03,30
kJis1
1946
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8105
kTGH
2013:7666
kTaiwanTelegraph
0486
kXerox
275:344
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17318+18.2.12
kCantonese
kyut3
kDefinition
chisel for engraving; engrave
kFanqie
居月
kHangul
궤:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10355.100:jué
kJapanese
ケツ ケ ケイ カイ
kJapaneseKun
KEZURU
kJapaneseOn
KETSU KUUCHI KEI KE
kKorean
KWEY
kMandarin
jué
kSMSZD2003Readings
jué粵kyut3
kTGHZ2013
189.020:jué
kVietnamese
khoét
kXHC1983
0618.170:jué

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 劂0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
厥 beside 刂 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰厥刂$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰厥刂$(GHTJKPV)

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