How to write 髡
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Meaning of 髡
Pinyin
kūn
Radical
髟
Strokes
13
Definition
make the head bald
Usage
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髡 (kūn)
1. Ancient punishment of shaving off the hair of a criminal:
古代剃去男子头发的一种刑罚。
- Example: 髡首 (shaving off the hair, bald). 髡钳 (shaving off the hair and binding the neck with an iron ring).
2. Refers to a monk in ancient times:
古代指和尚。
- Example: 髡缁 (a Daoist, representing Taoism); 髡人 (monk, clergy); 髡首 (referring to monks or nuns).
3. To lop off tree branches:
古代称修剪树枝。
- Example: 髡一树 (after ten years, one tree is pruned); 髡二百树 (pruning two hundred trees a year).
Definitions and usage from classical texts:
- 《说文》: 髡，剃发也。
- 《周礼·掌戮》: 髡者，使守积。
- 刘向《列女传》: 辩通凿颠者髡。
- 《楚辞·屈原·涉江》: 接舆髡兮。
- 《史记·季布栾布列传》: 乃髡钳季布。
Additional examples:
- 髡刖 (ancient penalty, shaving is called 髡, severing a foot is called 刖);
- 髡发 (shaving off hair);
- 髡人 (a person whose hair has been shaved as punishment);
- 髡头 (bald head, same as 髡首).
Synonyms:
1. To shave off hair, an ancient punishment: (shaving off the hair of a criminal).
2. To lop off tree branches.
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Input Method for 髡
Pinyin
kun1
Wubi
degq
Cangjie
shmu
Zhengma
chgr
Four Corner
72212
Unicode
U+9ae1
Stroke Number Category
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