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刂
刂
Knife
dao
2
strokes
31
characters
Variant of
刀
This radical is a variant of 刀. Characters with this radical usually relate to knife.
+3 Strokes (1 chars)
+4 Strokes (7 chars)
+5 Strokes (5 chars)
+6 Strokes (7 chars)
+7 Strokes (3 chars)
+8 Strokes (4 chars)
+9 Strokes (1 chars)
+10 Strokes (2 chars)
+11 Strokes (1 chars)
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+3
(1)
+4
(7)
+5
(5)
+6
(7)
+7
(3)
+8
(4)
+9
(1)
+10
(2)
+11
(1)
+3
Additional Strokes
1 character
kan
刊
5 strokes
+4
Additional Strokes
7 characters
xing
刑
6 strokes
HSK 5
hua
划
6 strokes
lie
列
6 strokes
liu
刘
6 strokes
HSK 5
ze
则
6 strokes
HSK 4
gang
刚
6 strokes
chuang
创
6 strokes
+5
Additional Strokes
5 characters
shan
删
7 strokes
pan
判
7 strokes
pao
刨
7 strokes
li
利
7 strokes
HSK 2
bie
别
7 strokes
+6
Additional Strokes
7 characters
gua
刮
8 strokes
HSK 2
dao
到
8 strokes
zhi
制
8 strokes
shua
刷
8 strokes
cha
刹
8 strokes
HSK 3
ke
刻
8 strokes
ji
剂
8 strokes
+7
Additional Strokes
3 characters
ti
剃
9 strokes
HSK 6
xiao
削
9 strokes
qian
前
9 strokes
+8
Additional Strokes
4 characters
ti
剔
10 strokes
pou
剖
10 strokes
bao
剥
10 strokes
ju
剧
10 strokes
+9
Additional Strokes
1 character
HSK 6
fu
副
11 strokes
+10
Additional Strokes
2 characters
HSK 4
sheng
剩
12 strokes
HSK 6
ge
割
12 strokes
+11
Additional Strokes
1 character
jiao
剿
13 strokes
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