Chinese Word: 锯 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

锯 (Trad.: 鋸)

Pinyin: jù

English Definition: a saw; to cut with a saw

Chinese Definition:
①用薄钢片制成有尖齿可以来回拉动割开木头或金属的器具：木锯。钢锯。电锯。拉锯。
②用锯把东西拉开：锯树。锯木头。锯末。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 金

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

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 钅 [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
- 居 [ jū ] to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit

Similar Characters: 踞

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锯齿	jù chǐ	sawtooth
锯子	jù zi	a saw; Classifiers: 把
拉锯	lā jù	a two-man saw; fig. to-and-fro between two sides
电锯	diàn jù	electric saw (esp. electric chain saw)
锯末	jù mò	sawdust

1		tā men 他们 bǎ 把 yuán mù 原木 jù 锯 chéng 成 yí kuài 一块 kuài 块 hòu 厚 pàn 板。 They are sawing a log into planks.
2		gōng rén 工人 cóng 从 shù shàng 树上 jù 锯 xià 下 le 了 yī gēn 一根 dà 大 shù zhī 树枝。 The workers saw off a limb from the tree.
3		zhè yī cì 这一次 wǒ men 我们 suàn shì 算是 jiàn shi 见识 dào 到 shén me 什么 jiào zuò 叫做 jù zhuàng 锯状 lín piàn 鳞片 kuí shé 蝰蛇。 This one showed us why it was called saw scaled viper.
4		tā 他 tōng cháng 通常 bèi 被 miáo huì 描绘 chéng 成 shǒu chí 手持 xùn 殉 jiào 教 zhōng 中 de 的 qì jù 器具 —— yī bǎ 一把 dà jù 大锯 de 的 shèng tú 圣徒。 He is often depicted holding the saw that was the instrument of his martyrdom.
5		chú fēi 除非 nǐ 你 chǔ yú 处于 jù duàn 锯断 nǐ 你 zì jǐ 自己 gē bo 胳膊 de 的 xí guàn 习惯 yǎng chéng 养成 qī 期， zhè 这 gēn běn 根本 shì 是 bù xiāng gān 不相干 de 的。 Unless you're in the habit of sawing off your own arm, this is not particularly relevant.

1		tā men 他们 bǎ 把 yuán mù 原木 jù 锯 chéng 成 yí kuài 一块 kuài 块 hòu 厚 pàn 板。 They are sawing a log into planks.
2		gōng rén 工人 cóng 从 shù shàng 树上 jù 锯 xià 下 le 了 yī gēn 一根 dà 大 shù zhī 树枝。 The workers saw off a limb from the tree.
3		zhè yī cì 这一次 wǒ men 我们 suàn shì 算是 jiàn shi 见识 dào 到 shén me 什么 jiào zuò 叫做 jù zhuàng 锯状 lín piàn 鳞片 kuí shé 蝰蛇。 This one showed us why it was called saw scaled viper.
4		tā 他 tōng cháng 通常 bèi 被 miáo huì 描绘 chéng 成 shǒu chí 手持 xùn 殉 jiào 教 zhōng 中 de 的 qì jù 器具 —— yī bǎ 一把 dà jù 大锯 de 的 shèng tú 圣徒。 He is often depicted holding the saw that was the instrument of his martyrdom.
5		chú fēi 除非 nǐ 你 chǔ yú 处于 jù duàn 锯断 nǐ 你 zì jǐ 自己 gē bo 胳膊 de 的 xí guàn 习惯 yǎng chéng 养成 qī 期， zhè 这 gēn běn 根本 shì 是 bù xiāng gān 不相干 de 的。 Unless you're in the habit of sawing off your own arm, this is not particularly relevant.