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锯

jù

Character Traditional 鋸 Measure word 把

What 锯 means

1. a saw
2. to saw

Other readings

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

• jūvariant of {锔|jū}

Example sentences

• 我看见他正在锯一棵树。
  Wǒ kànjiàn tā zhèngzài jū yī kē shù.
  I saw him sawing a tree.
• 她向农夫借了一把锯子。
  Tā xiàng nóngfū jiè le yī bǎ jùzi.
  She borrowed a saw from the farmer.
• 我父亲用一把锯子切木头。
  Wǒ fùqīn yòng yī bǎ jùzi qiē mùtou.
  My father cut wood with a saw.

Words starting with 锯

• 锯齿jù chǐsawtooth
• 锯子jù zia saw
• 锯工jù gōnga sawyer
• 锯掉jù diàoto saw off (a branch etc); to amputate (a limb)
• 锯末jù mòsawdust
• 锯架jù jiàa sawframe
• 锯条jù tiáoa sawblade
• 锯片jù piànsaw blade
• 锯开jù kāito saw
• 锯木厂jù mù chǎngsawmill; lumber mill
• 锯木架jù mù jiàa sawhorse
• 锯齿形jù chǐ xíngsawtooth shape; zigzag
• 锯棕榈jù zōng lǘsaw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally)

Words containing 锯

• 手锯shǒu jùhandsaw
• 拉锯lā jùa two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
• 木锯mù jùa woodsaw
• 线锯xiàn jùfret saw; jigsaw
• 钢锯gāng jùhacksaw
• 链锯liàn jùchain saw
• 电锯diàn jùelectric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
• 前锯肌qián jù jīserratus anterior muscle (upper sides of the chest)
• 反锯齿fǎn jù chǐanti-aliasing
• 往复锯wǎng fù jùreciprocating saw
• 抗锯齿kàng jù chǐanti-aliasing
• 拉锯战lā jù zhànto-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
• 斜切锯xié qiē jùmiter saw
• 曲线锯qū xiàn jujigsaw
• 墙板锯qiáng bǎn jùdrywall saw; plasterboard saw
• 钢丝锯gāng sī jùjigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)
• 鸡尾锯jī wěi jùkeyhole saw; pad saw
• 电圆锯diàn yuán jùcircular saw
• 消除锯齿xiāo chú jù chǐanti-alias (computer graphics)
• 桁杨刀锯háng yáng dāo jùlit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment; torture instrument
• 刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huòknife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; fig. torture
• 刀锯斧钺dāo jù fǔ yuèknife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom); facing torture and execution

Characters built on 居

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 剧jùtheatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 裾jūgarment
• 倨jù(literary) haughty; arrogant
• 椐jūZelkowa acuminata

Characters that look like 锯

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

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 锈xiùto rust
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 锘nuònobelium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 句sentence; clause; phrase
• 据according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 具tool; device; utensil
• 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 剧theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute
• 拒to resist; to repel; to refuse
• 聚to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
• 巨very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 惧to fear
• 足excessive
• 炬torch