磔

zhé

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.)

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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