杵

chǔ

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Definitions

chǔ pestle; to poke

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 午 represents the sound. Originally written as 午, a pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice.

Semantic: 木 Phonetic: 午

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Related Characters

Component: 午

Component: 木

Components

午木

杵