斲

斲 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一竹一中 (RMHML), four-corner 7212₁, composition ⿰𠁁斤)

• 𤂊, 𨮕, 𧞐, 鬭, 𨷖, 𧞗

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 480, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13585
• Dae Jaweon: page 841, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2027, character 10
• Unihan data for U+65B2

Perhaps related to 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”); see there for more (STEDT).

斲

1. (literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) to chop; to hack

   • 工師得大木，則王喜，以為能勝其任也。匠人斵而小之，則王怒，以為不勝其任矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     工师得大木，则王喜，以为能胜其任也。匠人斫而小之，则王怒，以为不胜其任矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Gōngshī dé dà mù, zé wáng xǐ, yǐwéi néng shēng qí rèn yě. Jiàngrén zhuó ér xiǎo zhī, zé wáng nù, yǐwéi bù shēng qí rèn yǐ. [Pinyin]

     [A]nd when he has found such large trees, you will be glad, thinking that they will answer for the intended object. Should the workmen hew them so as to make them too small, then your Majesty will be angry, thinking that they will not answer for the purpose.

   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “剁”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 557:

     伊給眾人剁做肉醬 [Teochew, trad.]
     伊给众人剁做肉酱 [Teochew, simp.]

     i¹ keg⁴ zêng³ nang⁵ dog⁴ zo³ nêg⁴ ziên³ [Peng'im]

     he was hacked into mince-meat by the populace

2. (obsolete or Mainland China Hokkien) to carve; to engrave
3. (obsolete) axe

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. synonym of 切

• On (unclassified): たく (taku)
• Kun: きる (kiru, 斲る)

斲 (eumhun 깎을 착 (kkakkeul chak))

1. hanja form^? of 착

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 斲

斲: Hán Việt readings: trác
斲: Nôm readings: trác, chước

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• Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation: 斲