to fasten with rivets / (coll.) to exert one's strength

铆 character breakdown

mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon) / 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit / ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east) / variant of 鉚|铆[mao3] / to exert one's strength

= 丿 + + : Mnemonic symbol: a rabbit.

Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.
variant of 卯[mao3]

= 丿 + + : Mnemonic symbol: a rabbit.

Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.
old variant of 卯[mao3]

= 丿 + + : Mnemonic symbol: a rabbit.

Mahatma Gandhi entertains a baby rabbit and a baby seal inside of the aorta. He put on a fake nose and stuck a banana in each hole of the fake nose, and the bananas fit like tenons put into mortises.
Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a golden harpoon.

Characters with 铆 as component

铆 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 铆

lit. a nail is a nail and a rivet is a rivet (idiom) / fig. meticulous / conscientious / unambiguous
to go all out / to rise to
to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
riveter / worker with rivets
to join with rivets / to rivet / riveted joint
to get enthusiastic / to put in all one's energy
to exert all one's strength
see 鉚釘槍|铆钉枪[mao3 ding1 qiang1]

Sentences with 铆

铆 currently does not appear in any sentence.