槌

chuí
#4,094 most
frequent character
mallet, pestle, beetle (for wedging or ramming)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

槌 has 木 wood as its meaning part and 追 zhuī for sound. It first meant a wooden pole for hanging silkworm trays. This grew to mallet or hammer and to pestle.

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Homophones

捶chuí
to hammer
垂chuí
to droop

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