锄

鋤

chú

助 + 钅

HSK 3.0Level 7

Definitions

chú a hoe; to hoe or dig; to weed; to get rid of

Etymology

A metal 钅 tool 助; 助 also provides the pronunciation

About

锄 is a phono-semantic compound whose left side is the simplified metal radical 钅 (traditional: 釒) and right side is the phonetic 助. The radical indicates an iron or steel tool, and 助 gives the character its sound. As a noun, it means an agricultural hoe, a basic tool for tilling soil and removing weeds from cultivated fields. The character is also used as a verb for the manual labor of hoeing, weeding, or uprooting, extending its sense from the implement to the action.

Etymology Hide

Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

他拿着一把锄头。

Tā názhe yī bǎ chútou.

He is holding a hoe.

爸爸在花园里锄草。

Bàba zài huāyuán lǐ chúcǎo.

Dad is weeding in the garden.

农民用锄头耕地。

Nóngmín yòng chútou gēngdì.

Farmers use hoes to plow the land.

她每天早晨都去锄地。

Tā měitiān zǎochén dōu qù chú dì.

She goes to hoe the land every morning.

这把锄头已经用了很多年。

Zhè bǎ chútou yǐjīng yòngle hěnduō nián.

This hoe has been used for many years.

为了除草，他买了新锄头。

Wèile chúcǎo, tā mǎile xīn chútou.

In order to weed, he bought a new hoe.

虽然锄地很累，但他坚持完成了。

Suīrán chú dì hěn lèi, dàn tā jiānchí wánchéngle.

Although hoeing is very tiring, he persisted and finished.

在炎热的阳光下，农民们依然挥舞着锄头辛勤劳作。

Zài yánrè de yángguāng xià, nóngmínmen yīrán huīwǔzhe chútou xīnqín láozuò.

Under the scorching sun, the farmers still wield hoes and work hard.

Related Characters

Component: 助

Component: 钅

锄