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Chinese symbol for “rasp”

锉
cuò
Traditional: 銼
file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rasp is 锉 (cuò), defined as: file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

锉 cuò
carpenter's file; to file smooth
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 锉.

WordPinyinMeaning
锉刀 (銼刀)cuò dāofile (metalworking and woodworking tool)
锉冰 (剉冰)cuò bīngshaved ice dessert (Tw)
锉尸 (剉屍)cuò shīto cut the corpse of a criminal into pieces

See also: Japanese symbol for “rasp”.

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.

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