铆
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to fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet; (coll.) to concentrate one's strength
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 金 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鉚
- Common rank
- #3,091
- Unicode
- U+94C6
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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Words with 铆
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铆足劲儿 | to exert all one's strength | |
| 铆起来 | variant of 卯起來|卯起来[mao3 qi3 lai5] | |
| 拉铆枪 | see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mao3 ding1 qiang1] | |
| 铆劲儿 | to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort | |
| 凿死铆子 | (dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible | |
| 钉是钉，铆是铆 | variant of 丁是丁，卯是卯[ding1 shi4 ding1 , mao3 shi4 mao3] | |
| 铆上 | to go all out; to rise to | |
| 铆工 | riveter; worker with rivets | |
| 铆钉枪 | rivet gun | |
| 铆接 | to join with rivets; to rivet; riveted joint | |
| 铆钉 | rivet |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卯 — compare how they read.