杵(chǔ): pestle
8 strokes
pestle
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- chǔ
- Meaning
- pestle; to poke
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 杵 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 杵 step by step
8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 杵
Common words using 杵 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
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