锄 — Chinese character
锄
chú
hoe; to eradicate, to weed out
- Pinyin
- chú
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 钅 助
- Formation
- ideographic — A metal 钅 tool 助; 助 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 鋤
Common words with 锄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锄头 (鋤頭) | chú tou | hoe; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 锄奸 (鋤奸) | chú jiān | to weed out the traitors |
| 锄草 (鋤草) | chú cǎo | to hoe; to weed |
| 锄地 (鋤地) | chú dì | to hoe; to weed the soil |
| 锄强扶弱 (鋤強扶弱) | chú qiáng fú ruò | to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor |
| 鹤嘴锄 (鶴嘴鋤) | hè zuǐ chú | pickax |
| 诛锄 (誅鋤) | zhū chú | to uproot; to eradicate (traitors) |
| 诛锄异己 (誅鋤異己) | zhū chú yì jǐ | to wipe out dissenters; to exterminate those who disagree |
| 锄犁 (鋤犁) | chú lí | plow |
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.