Chinese symbol for “anvil”
砧
zhēn
anvil
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anvil is 砧 (zhēn), defined as: anvil.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “anvil”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砧板 | zhēn bǎn | cutting board; chopping block |
| 铁砧 (鐵砧) | tiě zhēn | anvil |
| 砧木 | zhēn mù | rootstock (stem onto which a branch is grafted) |
| 砧骨 | zhēn gǔ | incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone |
| 角砧 | jiǎo zhēn | beck iron (corner of anvil) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anvil”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.