| 鋤 | |||
| hoe; eradicate | |||
| Radical | 金釒钅金 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading | chú jǔ | Cantonese reading | co4 |
| Japanese on reading | jo so | Japanese kun reading | kuwa suku suki |
| Korean reading | se | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 锄 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 鉏 | ||
| 鋤 | [ chú ] a hoe, to hoe or dig, to weed, to get rid of |
| 鋤地 | [ chú dì ] to hoe, to weed the soil |
| 鋤奸 | [ chú jiān ] to weed out the traitors |
| 鋤強扶弱 | [ chú qiáng fú ruò ] to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor |
| 鋤犁 | [ chú lí ] plow |
| 鋤草 | [ chú caǒ ] to hoe, to weed |
| 鋤頭 | [ chú tou ] hoe, CL:把[ba3] |
| ⇒ 誅鋤 | [ zhū chú ] to uproot, to eradicate (traitors) |
| ⇒ 誅鋤異己 | [ zhū chú yì jǐ ] to wipe out dissenters, to exterminate those who disagree |
| ⇒ 鶴嘴鋤 | [ hè zuǐ chú ] pickax |