锤 — Chinese character
锤
chuí
hammer
- Pinyin
- chuí
- Radical
- 167 ⾦ (Gold)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 钅 垂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — metal; meaning component 钅; sound component 垂
- Traditional
- 錘
Common words with 锤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锤子 (錘子) | chuí zi | hammer; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 锤炼 (錘煉) | chuí liàn | to forge (metal); (fig.) to toughen sb up; to hone (one's skills) |
| 一锤定音 (一錘定音) | yī chuí dìng yīn | lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision |
| 大锤 (大錘) | dà chuí | sledgehammer |
| 纺锤 (紡錘) | fǎng chuí | spindle |
| 千锤百炼 (千錘百鍊) | qiān chuí bǎi liàn | after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life |
| 实锤 (實錘) | shí chuí | (neologism c. 2014) (slang) solid proof; irrefutable evidence |
| 秤锤 (秤錘) | chèng chuí | steelyard weights |
| 流星锤 (流星錘) | liú xīng chuí | meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain) |
| 铜锤 (銅錘) | tóng chuí | mace (weapon); (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 铜锤花脸 (tóng chuí huā liǎn)) |
| 钉锤 (釘錘) | dīng chuí | nail hammer; claw hammer |
| 铅锤 (鉛錘) | qiān chuí | bob of a plumbline |
English words written with 锤
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.