锤 - chuí - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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锤 (錘)

chuí

Definition

hammer
to hammer into shape
weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

Character Decomposition

Related words (20)

hammer

malleus or hammer bone of middle ear

a hammerhead shark

manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜

sledgehammer

mallet; drumstick

pneumatic drill

bob of plumb line

mallet; drumstick

rotary hammer; hammer drill

steelyard weights

spindle

nail hammer; claw hammer

bob of a plumbline

mace (weapon); see 铜锤花脸

包剪锤

bāo jiǎn chuí

rock-paper-scissors (game)

claw hammer

(lit.) to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; (fig.) to make the final decision

铜锤花脸

tóng chuí huā liǎn

(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 净 role

一锤子买卖

yī chuí zi mǎi mài

(lit.) fly-by-night one-off business deal; (fig.) to act recklessly, throwing all caution to the wind

Idioms (1)

千锤百炼

qiān chuí bǎi liàn

after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life

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