刽子手

Traditional form:

劊子手

Pinyin (reading):

guìzishǒu

Definitions:

• executioner
• headsman
• slaughterer
• fig. indiscriminate murderer

Characters:

• 刽 - to amputate, to cut off
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 手 - hand

Traditional characters:

• 劊 - to amputate, to cut off
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 手 - hand