Taxonomy of meanings for 斫:　　

  • 斫 zhuó (OC: tjaɡ MC: tɕiɐk) 之若切 入 廣韻：【刀斫又漢複姓有斫胥氏何氏姓苑云今平陽人 】
    • CUT
      • vtoNhack at; lop off
      • vt[oN]cut; chop; hack; lop off
      • vtoNpassivebe cut; be chopped
      • vt(oN)hack the contextually determinate object
    • BLADE
      • STRIKE
        • ATTACK
          • HOE

            Additional information about 斫

            說文解字: 【斫】，擊也。从斤、石聲。 【之若切】

              Criteria
            • CUT

              1. The commonest general word for "cut" is ancient Chinese kat, modern reading gē 割.

              2. Qiē 切 is to cut into pieces.

              3. Duàn 斷 is to cut a part off a whole.

              4. Zhǎn 斬, fá 伐, zhuó 斫, zhuó 斲 describe the violent hacking off of a part from a whole.

              5. Shān 芟 is to cut grass or shrubs.

              6. Pī 披 "pare" refer to the treatment of surfaces of objects by cutting into them to produce smoothness of surface or a pointed end.

              7. Pǒu 剖 refers to cutting into something so as to reveal its inner structure. See SPLIT

              8. Xiāo 削 typically refers to cutting something off so as to reduce its size.

              9. Jiǎn 翦 refers specifically to the clipping of something that grows on a living structure.

              NB: The size of the vocabulary in this field is extraordinary: over 70 wods are listed under this meaning.