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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
chuí - hammer
- to hammer into shape
- weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
- to strike with a hammer
chuí - variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 - 9,266 11,078 10,031

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Metal

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
锤子 - 7 6,222 25,287 13,487
6 - 9,266 11,078 10,031
一锤定音 - - 41,184 49,200 49,018
流星锤 - - 42,318 - -
纺锤 - - 57,801 77,094 99,164
钉锤 - - 64,659 - -
铅锤 - - 69,013 - 105,466
锤骨 - - 79,133 - -