杵 — Chinese character
杵
chǔ
pestle; to grind
- Pinyin
- chǔ
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 木 午
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wood; meaning component 木; sound component 午
- Japanese
- 杵 as a kanji
Common words with 杵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金刚杵 (金剛杵) | jīn gāng chǔ | vajra scepter (ritual object of Buddhism) |
| 磨杵成针 (磨杵成針) | mó chǔ chéng zhēn | to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently |
| 血流漂杵 | xuè liú piāo chǔ | enough blood flowing to float pestles (idiom); rivers of blood; blood bath |
| 铁杵成针 (鐵杵成針) | tiě chǔ chéng zhēn | see 磨杵成针 (mó chǔ chéng zhēn) |
English words written with 杵
杵 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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