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Character Decomposition
磔=石+桀
Etymology
rock
Meanings
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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