锉

剉/銼
cuò
坐 + 钅

Definitions

cuò (literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack; variant of 銼|锉[cuò]
cuò file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銼.

Semantic: 钅 Phonetic: 坐

About

锉 is a phono-semantic compound with the semantic radical 钅 (jīn, 'metal') and the phonetic component 坐 (zuò, 'to sit'). It is the simplified form of 銼, which uses the full metal radical 金. The character refers to a file, a hand tool with a rough surface used to smooth or shape hard materials like metal, wood, or bone. As a verb, it means to file, grind, or wear down a surface.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 坐

座 挫 唑 痤 矬 脞 髽 剉 莝 銼

Component: 钅

钱 错 银 铁 销 钟 镇 针 镜 键 锁 钢 铺 锋

Example Words

锉刀