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刳 — Chinese character

刳
kū
to cut open, to dig out, to rip up, to scoop out

Pinyin
kū
Radical
18 ⼑ (Knife)
Strokes
8
Components
夸 刂
Formation
pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 夸
Japanese
刳 as a kanji

刳 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4

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