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剁 is a phono-semantic compound: 刂, the semantic radical, means 'knife' or 'cutting tool', while 朵 provides the sound. The character denotes the literal action of chopping, mincing, or cutting something into smaller pieces with a heavy downward blow of a blade. It is confined to literal, physical usage, mostly in cooking for chopping or mincing, or for hacking things apart with a blade, and has never developed abstract or figurative meanings.
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