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锥

zhuī

Character Traditional 錐

What 锥 means

1. cone
2. awl
3. to bore

Words starting with 锥

• 锥子zhuī ziawl
• 锥台zhuī tái(math) frustum
• 锥套zhuī tàotaper bushing
• 锥尖zhuī jiānpoint of an awl; sharp point
• 锥形zhuī xíngconical
• 锥筒zhuī tǒngtraffic cone; road cone
• 锥面zhuī miàncone
• 锥子脸zhuī zi liǎnV-shaped face
• 锥形瓶zhuī xíng píngErlenmeyer flask
• 锥虫病zhuī chóng bìngtrypanosomiasis
• 锥齿轮zhuī chǐ lúnpinion gear

Words containing 锥

• 圆锥yuán zhuīcone; conical; tapering
• 光锥guāng zhuī(physics) light cone
• 冰锥bīng zhuīicicle
• 改锥gǎi zhuīscrewdriver
• 毛锥máo zhuīwriting brush (old); Castanopsis fordii, a species of evergreen tree common in the south…
• 角锥jiǎo zhuīpyramid
• 路锥lù zhuītraffic cone; road cone
• 交通锥jiāo tōng zhuītraffic cone; road cone
• 圆锥形yuán zhuī xíngconical; coniform
• 圆锥状yuán zhuī zhuàngconical
• 圆锥体yuán zhuī tǐcone
• 大沙锥dà shā zhuī(bird species of China) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
• 孤沙锥gū shā zhuī(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
• 林沙锥lín shā zhuī(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)
• 紫锥花zǐ zhuī huāconeflower genus (Echinacea)
• 圆锥曲线yuán zhuī qū xiànconic section
• 扇尾沙锥shān wěi shā zhuī(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
• 澳南沙锥Ào nán shā zhuī(bird species of China) Latham's snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
• 贫无立锥pín wú lì zhuīnot even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
• 针尾沙锥zhēn wěi shā zhuī(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
• 非洲锥虫病Fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìngsleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis
• 贫无立锥之地pín wú lì zhuī zhī dìnot even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
• 棱锥léng zhuīpyramid (geometry)
• 三角锥sān jiǎo zhuītriangular pyramid (math.)

Characters built on 隹

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

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 堆duīto pile up; to heap up; a mass
• 崔cuī(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 椎zhuī(bound form) vertebra
• 睢suīto stare
• 骓zhuī(literary) piebald horse
• 碓duìpestle; pound with a pestle

Characters that look like 锥

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

• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 锹qiāoshovel; spade
• 锺zhōngnonstandard simplified variant of 钟

Sounds the same

Read zhuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 追to chase; to pursue; to look into
• 椎(bound form) vertebra
• 骓(literary) piebald horse
• 隹short-tailed bird
• 鵻snipe; turtle-dove