Chinese symbol for “sawyer”
锯工
jù gōng
Traditional: 鋸工
sawyer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sawyer is 锯工 (jù gōng), defined as: sawyer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锯工.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锯齿 (鋸齒) | jù chǐ | sawtooth |
| 电锯 (電鋸) | diàn jù | electric chainsaw |
| 拉锯战 (拉鋸戰) | lā jù zhàn | to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest |
| 锯子 (鋸子) | jù zi | saw; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 锯木厂 (鋸木廠) | jù mù chǎng | sawmill; lumber mill |
| 拉锯 (拉鋸) | lā jù | a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sawyer”.
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.