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切

qièqiē

definitely; absolutely (not)

Strokes
4
Level
HSK 3 · TOCFL Level 2
Frequency
No. 269
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What 切 means

qiè
definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; close to; eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)
qiē
to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential

Pictophonetic: semantic 刀 (knife), phonetic 七

Made of 七 + 刀

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