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锥

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cone; awl; to bore

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Strokes
13
Radical
金 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
錐
Common rank
#1,781
Unicode
U+9525

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Formation & memory

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How 锥 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “metal” + 隹 sound ( zhuī )

Components 钅 隹

Words with 锥

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WordPinyinMeaning
贫无立锥之地 pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
非洲锥虫病 Fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis
三角锥 sān jiǎo zhuī triangular pyramid (math.)
交通锥 jiāo tōng zhuī traffic cone; road cone
大沙锥 dà shā zhuī (bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
林沙锥 lín shā zhuī (bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
针尾沙锥 zhēn wěi shā zhuī (bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
圆锥曲线 yuán zhuī qū xiàn conic section
锥子脸 zhuī zi liǎn V-shaped face
锥虫病 zhuī chóng bìng trypanosomiasis
贫无立锥 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
圆锥体 yuán zhuī tǐ cone
头悬梁，锥刺股 tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom); fig. to …
紫锥花 zǐ zhuī huā coneflower genus (Echinacea)
圆锥形 yuán zhuī xíng conical; coniform
锥子 zhuī zi awl; CL:把[ba3]
澳南沙锥 Ào nán shā zhuī (bird species of China) Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
锥面 zhuī miàn cone
光锥 guāng zhuī (physics) light cone
锥台 zhuī tái (math.) frustum

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 隹 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
隹 sound part zhuī short-tailed bird; sparrow
维 wéi to preserve, to maintain, to hold together
推 tuī to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
准 zhǔn standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
堆 duī crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks
淮 huái a river in Anhui province
椎 zhuī spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
稚 zhì young, immature; childhood
谁 shéi who? whom? whose? anyone?
濯 zhuó to cleanse, to rinse, to wash out
睢 suī to gaze at, to stare at; uninhibited
帷 wéi curtain, screen, tent
擢 zhuó to pull up, to raise; to select
槜 zuì white plum
骓 zhuī piebald horse
碓 duì pestle
萑 huán grass, hay, straw