U+528F "劏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+528F "劏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in written Cantonese and Classical Chinese, where it means to slaughter or to cut open, particularly referring to the butchering of animals for food. This character is composed of the radical for knife or sword, indicating an action involving cutting, and a phonetic component that contributes to its pronunciation, which is typically romanized as "tong1" in Cantonese or "tāng" in Mandarin. In modern usage, it appears in contexts related to food preparation, such as in phrases like "劏雞" (to slaughter a chicken) or "劏魚" (to gut a fish), and it carries a practical, everyday significance in culinary and butchery settings.