锤

hammer / to hammer into shape / weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) / to strike with a hammer

variant of 錘|锤[chui2]

to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach

Character component without intrinsic meaning

lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision

spindle

nail hammer / claw hammer

bob of a plumbline

(neologism c. 2014) (slang) solid proof / irrefutable evidence

mallet / drumstick

claw hammer

air hammer / pneumatic hammer

(neologism c. 2017) (slang) to demand proof of what one believes to be an unfounded accusation only to have irrefutable evidence duly supplied

bob of plumb line

mallet / drumstick

steelyard weights

mace (weapon) / see 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸[tong2 chui2 hua1 lian3]

(Chinese opera) tongchui hualian, a military character holding a bronze mace, classified as a jing 淨|净[jing4] role

rotary hammer / hammer drill

mace (weapon) / (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸[tong2 chui2 hua1 lian3])

a one-off, short-sighted deal / a one-shot, all-out attempt

rock-paper-scissors (game)

after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom) / the vicissitudes of life

sledgehammer