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刎 is a verb meaning to cut one's own throat, typically in suicide. It is a phonosemantic compound: the right-side component 刂 (a knife or blade) supplies the sense of cutting, while the left-side 勿 indicates the pronunciation. Historically, the character appears in descriptions of defeated generals and tragic figures who chose death by their own blade rather than face capture or execution.
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