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锹

qiāo

shovel

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

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (42%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

⿰钅秋 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

qiū

秋

autumn, fall; year

💡 Ideographic: The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火

9 strokes HSK 3

hé

禾

cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk

📷 Pictographic: A plant stalk with a sagging head

5 strokes

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

huǒ

火

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

📷 Pictographic: Flames

4 strokes HSK 2

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 锹 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)

qiāoxíngchóng

锹形虫 ↗

stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)

扁锹形虫 ↗

biǎnqiāoxíngchóng

giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)

biǎnqiāoxíngchóng

扁锹形虫 ↗

giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)