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錘: hammer

By January 20, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

錘 [锤] chuí

noun
: hammer
: to hammer into shape
: weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)

Kun Reading

錘 | いわ iwa

noun
: weight (of a fishing net)

錘 | つみ tsumi OR つむ tsumu

noun
: spindle

錘 | おもり omori

noun
: weight
: sinker (fishing)

On Reading

錘 | すい sui

suffix | counter
: counter for spindles

 Usage:

錘[锤]子 chui2zi: hammer
錘[锤]打 chui2da: hammerblow
大錘[锤] da4chui2: sledge
手錘[锤] shou3chui2: mallet; drumstick
紡錘 [纺锤] fang3chui2: spindle [紡錘 | ぼうすい bousui OR つむ tsumu]



Japanese common word
錘鰤 | つむぶり tsumuburi
: rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata); rainbow yellowtail; Spanish jack; Hawaiian salmon



Chinese idiom
一錘定音 yi1 chui2 ding4 yin1
: lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision

千錘百鍊 [千锤百炼] qian1 chui2 bai3 lian4
: after hard work and numerous revisions; the vicissitudes of life

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(jin1: metal; gold) suggests the meaning while
(chui2: to droop; to suspend) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
锤. Derived from generic radical simplification #9 (釒金 » 钅).



Variant: 鎚



 Examples:
摆錘能摆动。
bai3 chui2 neng2 bai3dong4.
A pendulum oscillates (swings).

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary