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).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 刂 (knife). It ranks #3232 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 刂 knife8 strokesFrequency #3232

Definitions

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

Stroke Order

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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duò suìto mince
3
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

剁 appears in 3 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.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 剁 (duò) mean in Chinese?
剁 (duò) primarily means "to chop up (meat etc)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. 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 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"). There are over 3 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.