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锤

Traditional: 錘 · 鎚

chuí

HSK 2.0 · 6

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chuí · ceoi4 (Jyutping)

  1. hammer
  2. to hammer into shape
  3. weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
  4. to strike with a hammer
  5. variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

锤

Meaning
balance weight on scale; hammer
Radical
钅
Strokes
13
Components
⿰钅垂
Cangjie
XCHJM
Four-corner
8271

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