剁 meaning and stroke order
To chop by pounding, to hash, to mince
How to write 剁, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 剁
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to chop up (meat etc)
- to chop off (sb's hand etc)
How 剁 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Knife.
刂 gives the meaning and 朵 hints at the sound.
Radical: 刂 (knife), shared by 71 characters on this site.
How to remember 剁
剁 combines 朵 (duǒ, a flower or cluster), which gives the sound, with 刂, the knife radical. Picture a knife coming down again and again on a cluster of meat until it falls apart like scattered flower petals.
剁 describes heavy, repeated chopping with a cleaver, usually to mince meat or vegetables on a cutting board. It often appears in cooking words like 剁肉 (duò ròu, to mince meat) and 剁碎 (duò suì, to chop into bits). Example: 我在厨房剁饺子馅。(Wǒ zài chúfáng duò jiǎozi xiàn.) I am chopping dumpling filling in the kitchen.
Common mistake: Learners often read 剁 with the third tone of its sound component 朵 (duǒ), but 剁 is fourth tone, duò. Also do not confuse it with 躲 (duǒ, to hide), which shares the same 朵 part.
剁 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 剁
How many strokes are in 剁?
剁 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 剁 mean?
剁 (duò) means to chop by pounding, to hash, to mince.
How do you pronounce 剁?
剁 is pronounced duò, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 剁?
The radical of 剁 is 刂, which carries the idea of "knife". Dictionaries list 剁 under this radical.
What is the difference between 剁 and 切?
切 (qiē) is the general word for cutting or slicing with a knife. 剁 means chopping hard with repeated downward blows, like mincing meat with a cleaver. You 切 a cucumber into slices, but you 剁 pork into mince.
What does 剁手 mean in internet slang?
Literally 剁手 (duò shǒu) means to chop off one's hand. Online it is a joke about overspending while shopping, as in wanting to chop off your hand to stop buying things. People who shop online too much are jokingly called 剁手党 (duò shǒu dǎng).