割

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to cut; to cut apart

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 meaning “knife” + 害 sound ( hài )

Components 害刂

cut off · Heisig RSH #1225

害 harm + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不可分割	bù kě fēn gē	inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible
黄金分割	huáng jīn fēn gē	golden ratio; golden section
联合收割机	lián hé shōu gē jī	combine (i.e. combine harvester)
分割区	fēn gē qū	partition (computing)
心如刀割	xīn rú dāo gē	to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom); to be torn with grief
女性割礼	nǚ xìng gē lǐ	female genital mutilation
割草机	gē cǎo jī	lawn mower (machine)
收割机	shōu gē jī	harvester (machine)
割包皮	gē bāo pí	to circumcise
收割者	shōu gē zhě	reaper
图像分割	tú xiàng fēn gē	image segmentation (computer vision)
双曲余割	shuāng qū yú gē	hyperbolic cosecant, i.e. function cosech(x)
分割	fēn gē	to cut up; to break up
割线	gē xiàn	secant line (math.)
交割	jiāo gē	delivery (commerce)
正割	zhèng gē	secant (of angle), written sec θ
割包	guà bāo	see 刈包[gua4 bao1]
割鸡焉用牛刀	gē jī yān yòng niú dāo	see 殺雞焉用牛刀\|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
割草	gē cǎo	mow grass
割爱	gē ài	to part with sth cherished; to forsake

Characters sharing the sound component 害 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
害 sound part	hài	to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
豁	huō	clear, open; exempt
辖	xiá	to control, to have jurisdiction; the linchpin of a wheel
嗐	hài	alas!