zhuī

gimlet

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 .

隹 sound component

  Sound component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

锥 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
锥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
锥 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
锥 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
锥 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhuī

gimlet, awl, drill, auger; bore; cone; awl; to bore

Most common words with 锥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

cone

锥形

conical

圆锥

cone

锥子

awl

改锥

screwdriver

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.0732% of movies

3314th most common character in movies

3064th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

Unicode

U+9525


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