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Word and Radical Components of 手锯

The Chinese word 手锯 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
手锯 1. Simplified form of 手鋸

手锯 ⇨ 手 + 锯
Component Pinyin Meanings
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
锯 1. Simplified form of 鋸

锯 ⇨ 钅 + 居
Component Pinyin Meanings
钅 1. gold
2. Simplified form of 釒
居 jū 1. to live; to dwell; to reside
2. to occupy (a place or position); to be located at; to rank
3. to stay put; to sit down
4. to store up; to stockpile
5. to claim
6. house; residence; dwelling
7. restaurant
8. 39th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "residence" (?)

居 ⇨ 尸 + 古
Component Pinyin Meanings
尸 shī 1. corpse
2. (historical) a living person who represents the dead person during a rite
3. dead body
4. Simplified form of 屍
古 gǔ 1. the past; ancient times
     古今 - ancient and modern times
2. old; ancient
3. classic; old-styled
4. simple; unaffected; unsophisticated
5. things in the past; antiquities; history
6. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) story
     講古 - to tell a story
7. Short for 古體詩 (ancient-style poem)
     古 天 樂 - Louis Koo Tin-lok (Hong Kong actor)