Chinese Word: 锉 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

锉 (Trad.: 剉, 銼)

Pinyin: cuò

English Definition: file (tool used for smoothing); rasp; to file; (literary) to fracture (a bone); (literary) to cut; to hack; variant of 锉

Chinese Definition:
①用钢制成的磨钢、铁、竹、木等的工具：锉刀。钢锉。扁锉。
②用锉磨东西：把铁条锉细。
③古同“挫”，折伤，挫败。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 金

Pictophonetic:坐 indicates the sound; 钅 (metal) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 钅 [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
- 坐 [ zuò ] seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

Similar Characters: 铨

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file (metalworking and woodworking tool)

1		wǒ 我 kě yǐ 可以 bǎ 把 tā 它 cuò 锉 píng 平。 I can file it smooth .
2		tā 他 bǎ 把 mù tou 木头 cuò 锉 guāng huá 光滑。 He filed the wood smooth.
3		zhuō zi 桌子 de 的 jiān jiǎo 尖角 yǐ jīng 已经 cuò 锉 diào 掉。 The sharp corners of the table have been rasped off.
4		yòng 用 zhǐ jiǎ cuò 指甲锉 xiū 修 yī 一 xiū 修 zhǐ jia 指甲 de 的 biān yuán 边缘。 Use a nail file to further straighten and even out the edges.
5		wú lùn 无论 zěn yàng 怎样， wǒ 我 kāi shǐ 开始 yòng 用 wǒ 我 de 的 sān jiǎo cuò 三角锉 āo cáo 凹槽。 Anyway , I start my cut with a triangle file.

1		wǒ 我 kě yǐ 可以 bǎ 把 tā 它 cuò 锉 píng 平。 I can file it smooth .
2		tā 他 bǎ 把 mù tou 木头 cuò 锉 guāng huá 光滑。 He filed the wood smooth.
3		zhuō zi 桌子 de 的 jiān jiǎo 尖角 yǐ jīng 已经 cuò 锉 diào 掉。 The sharp corners of the table have been rasped off.
4		yòng 用 zhǐ jiǎ cuò 指甲锉 xiū 修 yī 一 xiū 修 zhǐ jia 指甲 de 的 biān yuán 边缘。 Use a nail file to further straighten and even out the edges.
5		wú lùn 无论 zěn yàng 怎样， wǒ 我 kāi shǐ 开始 yòng 用 wǒ 我 de 的 sān jiǎo cuò 三角锉 āo cáo 凹槽。 Anyway , I start my cut with a triangle file.