懂中文 Dong Chinese

銼

cuò

carpenter's file

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound.

Components
釒 meaning component

釒  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

坐 sound component

坐  Sound component

zuò

  

sit

Evolution

銼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
銼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
銼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
銼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

锉 (銼) 

cuò

carpenter's file, file smooth; file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file

Most common words with 銼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

锉

rasp

锉刀

file (metalworking and woodworking tool)