Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "割", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "割", and master the standard way of writing the character "割".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 割
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "割" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
割 [gē]
Verb
1. To cut, to sever, to divide.
- 例如: 割让 (to cede), 割地 (to cut land), 割弃 (to abandon), 割舍 (to give up), 割除 (to eliminate), 割断 (to sever), 割裂 (to tear apart), 割据 (to occupy), 交割 (to deliver).
- 成语: 割鸡焉用牛刀 (metaphorically refers to using great effort for trivial matters).
2. Calamity or disaster.
- 例如: 天降灾于我家 (disaster befalls my family).
本义: 用刀分解牲畜的骨肉 (Originally: to use a knife to dismember livestock).
造字法: 形声。从刀,害声 (Phonetic-semantic structure: consists of the "knife" component and the "harm" sound component).
Synonyms:
1. 切断 (to cut)
2. 放弃 (to give up)
3. 分割;割取 (to divide)
4. 杀,屠宰 (to slaughter)
5. 割,损害 (to harm; to rob)
6. 买 (to buy)
引文:
1. 《广雅·释诂一》: 割,断也 (To cut means to sever).
2. 《论语·阳货》: 割鸡焉用牛刀 (To use a big knife to cut chicken).
3. 《左传·襄公三十一年》: 犹未能操刀而使割也 (Still unable to use the knife to cut).
4. 《书·多方》: 日钦劓割夏邑 (The sun shines and brings harm).
例子:
- 割鲜 (slaughter livestock), 割烹 (cut and cook), 割刀 (cutting knife).
Examples for each meaning:
2. 放弃: 割恩 (to abandon personal favors), 割遣 (to discard; to let go).
3. 分割: 割宅 (to divide the residential area), 割壤 (to divide land; to partition).
4. 杀,屠宰: 割杀 (to cut off the neck; to kill), 割鸡 (to kill chickens), 割头税 (head tax).
5. 割,损害: 割割剥 (to harm, to plunder), 割剥元元 (to harm the common people; 元元: common people).
6. 买: 割肉 (to go out to buy meat).