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榫

sǔn

Character

What 榫 means

1. (cabinetmaking) tenon

Words starting with 榫

• 榫卯sǔn mǎomortise and tenon
• 榫眼sǔn yǎnmortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
• 榫销sǔn xiāodowel; carpenter's pin
• 榫凿sǔn záomortise chisel
• 榫头sǔn toutenon (wooden projection to fit into a mortise)

Words containing 榫

• 卡榫kǎ sǔnclip; latch (on a clip-into-place component)
• 卯榫mǎo sǔnmortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)

Characters that look like 榫

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

• 摔shuāito throw down; to fall; to drop and break
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 搏bóto fight; to combat; to seize
• 樟zhāngcamphor; Cinnamonum camphara
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant
• 睥pìused in 睥睨; Taiwan pr. bì

Sounds the same

Read sǔn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 损(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 笋bamboo shoot
• 隼falcon; Taiwan pr. zhǔn
• 簨cross-beam for hanging bells