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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
a saw; to saw, to amputate

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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metal

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒居

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
a saw
锯齿 jù chǐ sawtooth鋸齒
电锯 diàn jù electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)電鋸
锯子 jù zi a saw鋸子
拉锯战 lā jù zhàn to-and-fro tussle拉鋸戰
拉锯 lā jù a two-man saw拉鋸
锯条 jù tiáo a sawblade鋸條
锯末 jù mò sawdust鋸末
锯开 jù kāi to saw鋸開
钢锯 gāng jù hacksaw鋼鋸
链锯 liàn jù chain saw鏈鋸
前锯肌 qián jù jī serratus anterior muscle (upper sides of the chest)前鋸肌
钢丝锯 gāng sī jù jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade)鋼絲鋸

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