U+5223 "刣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5223 "刣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) used primarily in historical or regional contexts, chiefly in the Min Nan (Hokkien) and Hakka dialects, where it is used as a vernacular variant or phonetic borrowing. It is composed of the radical "刀" (knife/knife radical) on the right and the phonetic component "台" on the left, and its pronunciation approximates "tâi" or "thâi" in these dialects. The character is most commonly understood to mean "to kill" or "to slaughter," often appearing in folk literature, opera scripts, and colloquial writing from the Ming and Qing dynasties, though it is rarely used in modern Standard Mandarin, making it a notable example of a localized CJK character preserved outside the mainstream lexicon.