zh
Sign in Start free

磔

zhé

old term for the right-falling stroke in…

15 strokes

+ Keep this word

Meanings

zhé

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

Its parts

Other characters with 石 as their sound:

硕 shuò拓 tà斫 zhuó柘 zhè跖 zhí祏 shí鼫 shí

Dictionaries file it under 石.