捶
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to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 手 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 捶
- Common rank
- #3,223
- Unicode
- U+6376
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Formation & memory
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Words with 捶
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三皇炮捶 | Pao Chui (Chinese martial art) | |
| 捶胸顿足 | (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) | |
| 跌脚捶胸 | lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth | |
| 捶子 | drum stick; bass drum mallet; CL:把[ba3] | |
| 捶打 | to beat; to pound; to thump | |
| 捶背 | to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists | |
| 捶胸 | to beat one's chest | |
| 捶击 | to beat; to thump |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 垂 — compare how they read.