杵

pestle / to poke

杵 character breakdown

杵
- 午
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

wǔ = w + Ø3

7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

午 = 𠂉 + 十 : Willy Walrus (w) is having lunch (午) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He was hiding it in a secret location: With a key (𠂉), he can unlock a chamber hidden in the space station's cross (十).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

木

mù = mu + Ø4

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 杵 as component

杵 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 杵

只

zhǐ

要

yào

功

go̅ng

夫

深

she̅n

，

铁

鐵

tiě

杵

chǔ

磨

mó

成

chéng

针

針

zhe̅n

If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently

磨

mó

杵

chǔ

成

chéng

针

針

zhe̅n

to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently

血

xuè