鋸 (jù)
saw; to saw
How 鋸 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 金 — metal/gold
- Traditional
- 鋸
- Simplified
- 锯
Components
- 金 metal/gold
- 尸 corpse
- 十 ten
- 口 mouth
鋸 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- jū
- variant of 鋦|锔; to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together; CL:把[ba3]
- jù
- a saw; to cut with a saw
Common words using 鋸
- 鋸齒 jùchǐ
- sawtooth
- 電鋸 diànjù
- an electric saw
- 拉鋸 lājù
- a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
- 拉鋸戰 lājùzhàn
- to-and-fro tussle; closely-fought contest
- 鋸子 jùzi
- a saw
- 鋸木 jùmù
- to saw timber
- 鋸條 jùtiáo
- a sawblade
- 鋸開 jùkāi
- to saw
- 鋸齒形 jùchǐxíng
- sawtooth shape; zigzag
- 線鋸 xiànjù
- fret saw; jigsaw
- 鋸末 jùmò
- sawdust
- 鋼鋸 gāngjù
- a metal saw
鋸 in a sentence
他正在用鋸子鋸木頭。
Tā zhèngzài yòng jùzi jù mùtou.
“He is using a saw to cut the wood.”
How common is 鋸?
鋸 is the 3,072nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 99.3% of all running text.
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