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Meaning of 杼

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Pinyin: zhù
English Definition: shuttle of a loom
Chinese Definition:
①织布机上的筘,古代亦指梭:机杼(a.指织布机,如“不闻杼杼声,惟闻女叹息”;b.喻诗文的构思和布局,如“自出杼杼”)。
②薄,削薄,减削:“凡为轮,行泽者欲杼,行山者欲侔”。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (tree) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ ] to give; to award
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Example Words
机杼 zhù a loom
自出机杼 chū zhù to produce original writing (idiom)
曾母投杼 zēng tóu zhù Persistent rumors against sb. can shake the strongest confidence in him. (idiom)
别出机杼 bié chū zhù distinctive; to find some other way; to be original in conception (idiom)
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