磔
zhé
to dismember, tear apart; downward stroke slanting right
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- No. 4,593
zhé
to dismember, tear apart; downward stroke slanting right
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大), now called 捺; sound made by birds (onom.); (literary) to dismember (form of punishment); to spread