剿 (ziu2 caau1 | jiao3 chao1) : armed suppression; put down

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剿

ziu2 caau1

jiao3 chao1

[粵] ziu2 | [國] jiao3
send armed forces to suppress; put down

[粵] caau1 | [國] chao1
plagiarize (as variant of 抄)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

剿

This word has been viewed 2707 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 12th Oct 2007 01:09 and last edited on 4th Dec 2013 13:55

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剿襲 caau1 zaap6 chao1 xi2 = plagiarize

剿匪 ziu2 fei2 jiao3 fei3 = to suppress bandits

清剿 cing1 ziu2 qing1 jiao3 = flush out (in the sense of clean up; suppress; eliminate)

圍剿 wai4 ziu2 wei2 jiao3 = to surround and exterminate; encircle and destroy; wipe out

剿滅 ziu2 mit6 jiao3 mie4 = exterminate; annihilate

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Decimal representation of this word: 剿
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