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杵

chǔ

Meanings

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chǔ
  1. 1.pestle
  2. 2.to poke

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.pestle
  2. 2.baton used to beat clothes in washing
  3. 3.to poke
  4. 4.to stand (straight like a post)

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰjaʔ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 午 (OC *ŋaːʔ, “pestle”) – a wooden pestle.

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Stroke order

Components

杵木午

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Synonyms

傻戇瓜哈寶苕嘎呆木足戇居吽蟬戇鳩呆愕戇鬼慢嚒二不楞賴阿褒庸潲面哚哥槌悇歁戇戇戇戇呆呆呆悇悇

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Derived terms

搗衣杵捣衣杵杵臼杵臼交杵臼關節杵臼关节流血漂杵砧杵磨杵成針磨杵成针血流漂杵鐵杵磨針铁杵磨针黑杵

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Related words

金刚杵 vajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)铁杵成针 see 磨杵成针[mó chǔ chéng zhēn]磨杵成针 to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task血流漂杵 enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.