砭
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ancient stone acupuncture needle; to criticize; to pierce
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 石 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 砭
- Common rank
- #3,329
- Unicode
- U+782D
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Formation & memory
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Words with 砭
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痛砭时弊 | to strongly criticize the evils of the day | |
| 砭石 | stone needle used in acupuncture | |
| 砭骨 | to be extremely cold or painful | |
| 砭针 | remonstrance; admonition | |
| 针砭 | to critique; to voice concerns about; ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as ne… | |
| 痛砭 | to strongly criticize | |
| 攻砭 | to perform acupuncture | |
| 砭灸术 | acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine) | |
| 砭灸 | see 砭灸術|砭灸术[bian1 jiu3 shu4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 乏 — compare how they read.