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斫

zhuó

Character

What 斫 means

1. to chop
2. to hack
3. to carve wood

Other readings

斫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhuóto chop; to carve wood
• zhuóvariant of {斫|zhuó}

Words starting with 斫

• 斫丧zhuó sàngto ravage; to devastate
• 斫营zhuó yíngto attack a camp
• 斫白zhuó báito strip bark
• 斫畬zhuó shē(literary) slash-and-burn agriculture

Characters built on 石

These share the phonetic component 石 (shí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 磋cuō(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
• 拓tuòto expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop
• 硕shuò(bound form) large; big; (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 硕士
• 砣tuósteelyard weight; stone roller; to polish jade with an emery wheel

Sounds the same

Read zhuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 酌to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 卓outstanding
• 浊turbid; muddy; impure
• 琢to cut (gems)
• 著used in 执著
• 啄to peck
• 灼to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous
• 濯to wash; to cleanse of evil
• 擢to pull out; to select; to promote
• 着to wear (clothes); to contact; to use
• 镯bracelet
• 茁to display vigorous, new growth; to sprout