U+523F "刿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+523F "刿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character, traditionally pronounced guì or kuì in Mandarin, that appears in classical texts and is defined as "to cut" or "to wound," often in the context of minor injuries or the act of slicing. It is a left-right radical character, composed of the "knife" radical (刂) on the right and a phonetic or semantic component on the left, and is most famously found in the idiom "刿目鉥心" (guì mù shù xīn), which describes a style of writing or speech so incisive that it "pierces the eyes and stirs the heart." While rare in modern everyday usage, it is used in literary and historical references, particularly in works from the Ming and Qing dynasties.