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砣

tuó

Character

What 砣 means

1. steelyard weight
2. stone roller
3. to polish jade with an emery wheel

Words starting with 砣

• 砣子tuó ziemery wheel

Words containing 砣

• 夯砣hāng tuórammer; tamper
• 碾砣niǎn tuóroller
• 秤砣chèng tuósteelyard weight; standard weight
• 秤砣虽小压千斤chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīnalthough small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom)…

Characters built on 它

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

• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼tuóhump or hunchbacked; camel
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 鸵tuóostrich
• 坨tuómound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 佗tuócarry on the back
• 沱tuótearful; to branch (of river)
• 跎tuóto stumble; to waste time

Sounds the same

Read tuó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 陀(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 驼hump or hunchbacked; camel
• 坨mound; heap; lump; classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits)…
• 驮to carry on one's back
• 鸵ostrich
• 佗carry on the back
• 沱tearful; to branch (of river)
• 跎to stumble; to waste time
• 酡flushed (from drinking)
• 驒(horse)
• 橐sack; tube open at both ends; (onomatopoeia) footsteps
• 紽braid on a robe