捶
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to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,223 U+6376
How 捶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 垂 (phonetic, chuí)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 垂
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 垂 (chuí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂 sound component | chuí | to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep, to doze |
| 锤 | chuí | hammer |
| 唾 | tuò | to spit; to spit on; saliva |
| 棰 | chuí | to whip, to flog |
| 埵 | duǒ | hardened dirt or clay; cluster |
| 陲 | chuí | frontier, border |
Words containing 捶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三皇炮捶 | sān huáng pào chuí | Pao Chui (Chinese martial art) |
| 捶胸顿足 | chuí xiōng dùn zú | (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) |
| 跌脚捶胸 | diē jiǎo chuí xiōng | lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth |
| 捶子 | chuí zi | drum stick; bass drum mallet; CL:把[ba3] |
| 捶打 | chuí dǎ | to beat; to pound; to thump |
| 捶背 | chuí bèi | to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists |
| 捶胸 | chuí xiōng | to beat one's chest |
| 捶击 | chuí jī | to beat; to thump |