cuò

carpenter's file

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

坐 sound component

  Sound component

zuò

  

sit

Evolution

锉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
锉 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
锉 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
锉 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
锉 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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cuò

carpenter's file, file smooth; file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file

Most common words with 锉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

rasp

锉刀

file (metalworking and woodworking tool)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4866th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+9509


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