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锲

qiè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 鍥

What 锲 means

1. to cut
2. to carve
3. to engrave
4. to chisel
5. fig. to chisel away at

Words starting with 锲

• 锲而不舍qiè ér bù shěto chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere…

Characters that look like 锲

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

• 锻duànto forge; to discipline; wrought
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 楔xiēwedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 镌juānto engrave (on wood or stone); to inscribe
• 锺zhōngnonstandard simplified variant of 钟

Sounds the same

Read qiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 切definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…
• 窃to steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 怯timid; cowardly; rustic
• 妾concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 砌used in 砌末
• 惬(literary) satisfied; content
• 挈to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family)
• 箧chest; box; trunk
• 帹man's headband (arch.)
• 朅to leave; to abandon
• 踥to walk with small steps
• 趄to slant; to incline

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