刣

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1)  to pare; to scrape

Etymology 2
Often considered a substrate word. Compare :

suggests that this derives from instead. This usage is still used in some Mandarin dialects (usually meaning “to clean (fish)”) and 🇨🇬 (“to slaughter (livestock)”), often written as.

Alternatively, some have suggested that is the original character.

Definitions

 * 1)  to slaughter (an animal)
 * 2)  to kill (a person)
 * 3)  to cut open
 * 4)  to cut; to gash
 * 5)  to fight a battle; to go to war
 * 6)  to delete; to remove; to cross out
 * 7)  to beat down the price; to haggle
 * 1)  to cut; to gash
 * 2)  to fight a battle; to go to war
 * 3)  to delete; to remove; to cross out
 * 4)  to beat down the price; to haggle
 * 1)  to beat down the price; to haggle