锤

hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,927 U+9524

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 垂 (phonetic, chuí)

components: 钅垂

hammer · Heisig RSH #1242

metal + 垂 droop

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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
唾	tuò	to spit; to spit on; saliva
捶	chuí	to beat, to lash, to strike with a cane
棰	chuí	to whip, to flog
埵	duǒ	hardened dirt or clay; cluster
陲	chuí	frontier, border

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一锤定音	yī chuí dìng yīn	lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision
雷神之锤	Léi shén zhī Chuí	Quake (video game series)
流星锤	liú xīng chuí	meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain)
一锤子买卖	yī chuí zi mǎi mài	a one-off, short-sighted deal; a one-shot, all-out attempt
羊角锤	yáng jiǎo chuí	claw hammer
铜锤花脸	tóng chuí huā liǎn	(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified a…
大锤	dà chuí	sledgehammer
锤子	chuí zi	hammer; CL:把[ba3]
手锤	shǒu chuí	mallet; drumstick
气锤	qì chuí	air hammer; pneumatic hammer
电锤	diàn chuí	rotary hammer; hammer drill
千锤百炼	qiān chuí bǎi liàn	after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life
实锤	shí chuí	(neologism c. 2014) (slang) solid proof; irrefutable evidence
沙锤	shā chuí	maraca
锤骨	chuí gǔ	malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
求锤得锤	qiú chuí dé chuí	(neologism c. 2017) (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusa…
起钉锤	qǐ dīng chuí	claw hammer
包剪锤	bāo jiǎn chuí	rock-paper-scissors (game)
测锤	cè chuí	bob of plumb line
锤骨柄	chuí gǔ bǐng	manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨\|听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜