刈 Stroke Order

刈: 1. 割（草或谷类）。 [En.] Mow (grass or grain). 2. 割（草或谷类）：～除。 [En.] Mow (grass or grain); to cut down. 刈 (苅, yì) - 〈动〉 - 【本义】: 割草 [En.] Original meaning: to mow grass. - 【造字法】: 本作乂。形声。从刀，乂( yì )声。本作“义”。 [En.] Character formation: originally written as 乂. It is a phonetic compound with the component 'knife' (刀) and the sound 'yì'. 1. 同本义 ([En.] mow; cut down) 2. 杀 ([En.] kill) 引： 1. 《广雅》：刈，断也。又，杀也。 [En.] From Guǎngyǎ: "刈 means to sever; it also means to kill." 2. 《诗·周南·葛覃》：是刈是濩。 [En.] From the Book of Songs, "This is about cutting or about flooding." 3. 鲍照《代东武呤》：腰镰刈葵藿，倚杖牧鸡豚。 [En.] From Bào Zhào's poem: "With a waist sickle, I mow the sunflowers, leaning on my staff tending to the chickens and pigs." 例： 又如: 刈获 (收割; 收获); 刈熟 (指收割庄稼) [En.] Such as: "刈获" (to harvest; to gather in) and "刈熟" (referring to harvesting crops). 2. 杀 ([En.] kill) 引： 1. 《国语·吴语》：而又刈亡之。 [En.] From the Guóyǔ: "And then to kill him." 2. 《大戴礼记》：及后世贪者之用兵也，以刈百姓。 [En.] From the Dà Dài Lǐjì: "And the greedy in later generations would wage war to kill the common people."