锄 chú
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 助 to help, to aid, to assist
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
锄
chú
hoe; to hoe; to remove with a hoe
Character
Example phrases
- 老人每天清晨都到菜地里锄草，动作缓慢却很有章法。 Lǎorén měitiān qīngchén dōu dào càidì lǐ chú cǎo, dòngzuò huǎnmàn què hěn yǒu zhāngfǎ. Every early morning the old man goes to the vegetable plot to hoe weeds, moving slowly but methodically.
- 爷爷扛着锄头去地里干活了。 Yéye káng zhe chútou qù dì lǐ gànhuó le. Grandpa has gone to the field with a hoe on his shoulder to work.
- 下雨以后，农民们都趁着泥软去锄地。 Xiàyǔ yǐhòu, nóngmínmen dōu chèn zhe ní ruǎn qù chú dì. After the rain, the farmers all take advantage of the soft soil to hoe the fields.