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杵
chǔ
1. pestle
2. to poke
Common • Top 19% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

杵
chǔ
pestle; to grind
8 丶

Compound Words (3)

磨杵成针
móchǔchéngzhēn
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
血流漂杵
xuèliúpiāochǔ
enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐyàogōngfushēn,tiěchǔmóchéngzhēn
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.

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Character Frequency Rank
4,775
Word Frequency Rank
16,361 of 84,292

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