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鍬
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
锹
🇨🇳

shovel

HSK 10
Objects →Tools →Implements
qiāo
ショウ、シュウ
くわ、すき
초
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 秋 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鍬)
釒 kangxi+ 秋 autumn =
鍬 shovel
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
釒 is a component form of 金.
秋 Phonetic component
qiū autumn
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiū​qiān]
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Simplified (锹)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 秋 autumn =
锹 shovel
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
钅 is a component form of 金.
秋 Phonetic component
qiū autumn
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiū​qiān]
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Chinese
锹 / 鍬 [qiāo]
shovel; spade
Japanese
鍬 くわ 同音
noun hoe
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鍬 くわ
Kuwa surname
鍬 くわさき
Kuwasaki surname
鍬 くわざき
Kuwazaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (3)
铁锹 [tiě​qiāo] #17,214
spade
扁锹形虫 [biǎn​qiāo​xíng​chóng]
giant stag beetle (Dorcus titanus)
锹形虫 [qiāo​xíng​chóng]
stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
鍬形 [くわがた] #117,159
hoe-shaped helmet crest
鋤鍬 [すきくわ] #119,683
farming implement
馬鍬 [まぐわ] #182,523
harrow
大鍬形 [おおくわがた] #211,442
giant stag beetle (Dorcus hopei)
鍬入れ [くわいれ] #214,838
breaking ground
くわ入れ式 [くわいれしき] #273,217
ground-breaking ceremony
鍬初め [くわはじめ] #304,083
New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
小鍬形 [こくわがた]
Dorcus rectus (species of stag beetle)
木鍬 [こくわ]
wooden hoe
深山鍬形 [みやまくわがた]
Miyama stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus)
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