捶 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chuí

strike with stick

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 搥.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

垂 Sound component

chuí

droop

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chuí

strike with stick, lash, beat; to beat with the fist; to hammer; to cudgel

chuí

variant of 捶[chuí]

Most common words with 捶

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	捶	to hammer
	捶打	to beat
	捶胸顿足	to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
	捶背	to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
	捶胸	to beat one's chest

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*tojʔ	tsyweX	chuí	to beat

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3478th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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