锄

鋤
chú
#3,538 most
frequent character
a hoe, to hoe or dig, to weed

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

锄 has 钅 metal as its meaning part and 助 zhù as a sound part. It first named a hoe, a metal tool. From the tool came the actions to hoe or dig, then to uproot weeds, and finally to get rid of something.

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Homophones

HSK 5
除chú
to get rid of, to remove, to exclude

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