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cuò

carpenter's file; to file smooth

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (metal) provides meaning, 坐 provides pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (49%)

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Component Breakdown

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seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

⿰钅坐 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

zuò

坐

seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

💡 Ideographic: Two people 从 sitting on the ground 土

7 strokes HSK 1

cóng

从

from, by, since, whence, through

💡 Ideographic: One person 人 following another

4 strokes HSK 2

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 锉 (3)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

file (tool used for smoothing) / rasp / to file

cuò

锉 ↗

file (tool used for smoothing) / rasp / to file

锉刀 ↗

cuòdāo

file (metalworking and woodworking tool)

cuòdāo

锉刀 ↗

file (metalworking and woodworking tool)