馘

17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

behead, dismiss

Kun'yomi
  • くびきる
    		to behead ②to fire
  • みみきる
On'yomi
  • カク
  • キョク

Main Radical

首(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カク 100.0%

Character Breakdown

behead, dismiss
カク　キョク　くびき.る (Kentei 1)
neck, counter for songs and poems
くび　シュ　おびと (2nd, N3)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ　みずか.ら　おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
some, one, or
あるい　ワク　コク (Kentei Pre-1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

かく
馘
しゅ
首
dismissal ②beheading
かく
馘
　
す
to behead ②to dismiss (from a job)
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References

Unicode hex code 9998
JIS X 0208 1-81-37
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5187
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6721
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44507
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c12.6
Four corner code 8365.0