磔

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old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[dà]), now called 捺[nà] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread

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Original source entry:

磔 磔 [zhe2] /old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]/sound made by birds (onom.)/(literary) to dismember (form of punishment)/to spread/

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