锄
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a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; to get rid of
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 金 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鋤
- Common rank
- #3,353
- Unicode
- U+9504
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Formation & memory
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How 锄 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A metal 钅 tool 助; 助 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
hoe · Heisig RSH #2754
metal + 助 assist
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 锄
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锄强扶弱 | to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor | |
| 鹤嘴锄 | pickax | |
| 锄头 | hoe; CL:把[ba3] | |
| 锄地 | to hoe; to weed the soil | |
| 诛锄异己 | to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree | |
| 锄草 | to hoe; to weed | |
| 锄奸 | to weed out the traitors | |
| 锄犁 | plow | |
| 诛锄 | to uproot; to eradicate (traitors) |