剁 (duò): to chop up (meat etc), to chop off (sb's hand etc)

剁 (duò) is a Chinese character meaning “to chop up (meat etc).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 朵 (phonetic) and 刂 (semantic). It ranks #3232 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 剁 knife. Its radical form 刂 (knife) appears in many related characters such as 到 (dào, to reach), 前 (qián, front), 分 (fēn, to divide).

Spoken pronunciation
Radical: 刂 knife8 strokesFrequency #3232朵 phonetic刂 semantic

Definitions

  1. to chop up (meat etc)
  2. to chop off (sb's hand etc)

Etymology & Origin

剁

pictophoneticknife

Decomposition: ⿰朵刂 (layout: left-right)

Components:朵phonetic刂semantic

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
剁手节duò shǒu jié(jocular) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day
剁手党duò shǒu dǎngonline shopaholic
剁碎verbduò suìto mince
剁椒duò jiāopickled chopped chilies (usually used as a condiment)
4
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

剁 appears in 4 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了剁字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le duò zì de xiáng xì jiě shì .

I looked up the detailed definition of the character "剁" in the dictionary.

少数派Sep 2026

社区速递 160 | 水月雨首款游戏耳机与八月派友剁手清单

shè qū sù dì 1 6 0 shuǐ yuè yǔ shǒu kuǎn yóu xì ěr jī yǔ bā yuè pài yǒu duò shǒu qīng dān

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少数派Aug 2026

社区速递 155 | 适马千元人像神头与七月派友剁手清单

shè qū sù dì 1 5 5 shì mǎ qiān yuán rén xiàng shén tóu yǔ qī yuè pài yǒu duò shǒu qīng dān

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Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 刂 (knife) component

制zhì刚gāng刻kè列liè创chuàng判pàn副fù剧jù刺cì剑jiàn

Related Characters

到dào前qián分fēn别bié刚gāng划huá制zhì刊kān列liè刺cì

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 剁 (duò) mean in Chinese?
剁 (duò) primarily means "to chop up (meat etc)." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #3232 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 剁 and 下?
剁 (duò) and 下 (xià) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 剁 (up) vs 下 (down).
How many strokes does 剁 have?
剁 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 剁?
The radical associated with 剁 is 刂 (knife). This radical appears in many characters related to knife.
What are the components of 剁?
剁 is composed of: 朵 (phonetic), 刂 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰朵刂 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 剁?
Common words with 剁 include: 剁手节 (duò shǒu jié, "(jocular) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day"); 剁手党 (duò shǒu dǎng, "online shopaholic"); 剁碎 (duò suì, "to mince"); 剁椒 (duò jiāo, "pickled chopped chilies (usually used as a condiment)"). There are over 4 compound words containing this character.
Is 剁 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 剁 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.