"杵" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 木年十
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Prononciation
Mandarin chǔ
Entry Methods
Pinyin chu3
Kanji /
Cangjie
DOJ
木人十
Sijiao 4894.0
Wubi STFH
CNS 11643 1-4E36
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6775
GB2312 E8C6
BIG5 AA53
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 chǔ pestle / to poke
Approximate Results for 杵
 jīn gāng chǔ vajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)
 mó chǔ chéng zhēn to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
 tiě chǔ chéng zhēn see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]
 xuè liú piāo chǔ enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom) / rivers of blood / blood bath
 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
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