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杵

chǔ

Character

What 杵 means

1. pestle
2. to poke

Words containing 杵

• 金刚杵jīn gāng chǔvajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism)
• 磨杵成针mó chǔ chéng zhēnto grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom)…
• 血流漂杵xuè liú piāo chǔenough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood; blood bath
• 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēnIf you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.…
• 铁杵成针tiě chǔ chéng zhēnsee 磨杵成针

Characters built on 午

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

• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise
• 忤wǔdisobedient; unfilial
• 仵wǔequal; well-matched; to violate
• 迕wǔobstinate, perverse

Characters that look like 杵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 昨zuóyesterday
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 抨pēngattack; impeach
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously

Sounds the same

Read chǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 处to reside; to live; to dwell
• 楚distinct; clear; orderly
• 础foundation; base
• 储(bound form) to store up; to keep in reserve; heir to the throne; Taiwan pr. chú
• 楮Broussonetia kasinoki
• 濋name of an ancient river (in present-day Dingtao County 定陶县
• 褚surname Chu
• 処old variant of 处