鉏

Translingual

Han character

鉏 (radical 167 金+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 金月一 (CBM), four-corner 8711₂)

1. hoe
2. eradicate, eliminate

References

• KangXi: page 1301, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40297
• Dae Jaweon: page 1803, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4185, character 6
• Unihan data for U+924F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鉏 (Yale cho4)

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Japanese

Kanji

鉏

Readings

• On: しょ (sho), ぞ (zo), そ (so)
• Kun: すき (suki)

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Korean

Hoe (short-handled, one-handed), compare [1]

Hoe (long-handled, two-handed)

Hanja

鉏 (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune-Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

1. (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
2. (김맬 서): to hoe, weed
3. (벨 서): to chop, hew, mow; eliminate

Synonyms

• 鋤 (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 鉏 (호미 서): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 錤 (호미 기): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 鎡 (호미 자): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 鎒 (호미 호): hoe (short-handled, one-handed)
• 钁 (괭이 곽): hoe (long-handled, two-handed)
• 钃 (괭이/호미 촉): hoe (long- or short-handled)

See also

• 鍤 (가래 삽): spade, shovel
• 鍬 (가래 초): spade, shovel, ploughshare
• 鏵 (가래 화): spade, shovel, ploughshare
• 鋘 (가래 화): spade, shovel, ploughshare

Shovels. Compare [2]

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鉏 (pinyin chú (chu2), Wade-Giles ch'u²)