qiāo

shovel

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

秋 sound component

  Sound component

qiū

  

autumn

Evolution

锹 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
锹 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiāo

shovel; spade

() 

qiāo

variant of |[qiāo]

Most common words with 锹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

铁锹

spade

shovel