馘 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「首」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「首」
- On
- カク・キョク
- Kun
- くびき.る・みみき.る
- Meaning
- to behead; to dismiss
Origin
Head 首 with 或 as phonetic: to cut off an enemy’s head; by extension, to dismiss from a post.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 馘首かくしゅ
dismissal
- 馘るくびきる
to dismiss
Example
不況で馘首が相次ぐ。
Dismissals follow one after another in the slump.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)