Ideographic: Someone scolded for cutting themselves 丶 with an axe 斤Radical:

meaning for chì:

  • - to blame
  • - to reprove
  • - to reprimand
  • - to expel
  • - to oust
  • - to reconnoiter
  • - (of territory) to expand
  • - saline marshto reject
  • - to exclude
  • - to eliminate
  • - to remove
  • - to repelto be full of
  • - to flood
  • - to congestto reprimand
  • - to rebuke
  • - to berate
  • - stern criticismto refute
  • - to debunk
  • - to deny
  • - to denounceto lash out
  • - to reprimand