What 劌 means
To cut or injure with an edge. The Zuo Zhuan chronicle uses it in 曹劌; Laozi and Book of Rites preserve 廉而不劌. The old dictionary Shuowen Jiezi links its knife part to meaning and 歲 to sound.
What does it signal when sent?
It sounds literary or deliberately archaic. In 廉而不劌, sharpness means tact. Han Feizi applies it to speech judged too sharp. Classical dictionaries also record “meet” and “dark”; context decides.
Classical-literary; fits quotations or a deliberately archaic voice.
Font shapes may vary by browser or device (noted 2026-09-10); 刿 is its Simplified Chinese form.
Who writes 劌
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsCut or wound with an edge.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 劌 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 劌
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- 刿 · gui · guì · gui4 · cut · injure · classical Chinese
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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