漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
錘: weight, plumb bob
Also: sinker, spindle
JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 垂 gives the sound
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 休錘きゅうすいidle spindles
- 錘状すいじょうspindle shaped
おもりomori · kun'yomi · on its own
- 錘おもりweight
Also read つむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side錘 weight · 垂
vs錯 confused · 昔In ChineseSimplified 锤 · traditional, as in Japanese · chuí
Japan keeps the traditional form 錘; mainland China simplifies it to 锤.
- Simplified
- 锤 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 錘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chuí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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