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Word and Radical Components of 电锯

The Chinese word 电锯 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
电锯 1. chainsaw

电锯 ⇨ 电 + 锯
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Simplified form of 電
1. Simplified form of 鋸

电 ⇨ 田 + 乚
Component Pinyin Meanings
tián 1. farmland
      玉米 - a corn field -
2. field (area rich in mineral reserves)
     油田 - oil field -
3. (Cantonese) Short for 阿華田, Ovaltine
     Synonyms: 華田
      - iced Ovaltine -
4. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋) to till land; to cultivate
5. (obsolete) (Alternative form 佃, 畋, 甸) to hunt
      ^ - Tian Han
6. paddy field; wet field
7. farmland in general; field
1. Variant of 乙
2. Variant of 隱

锯 ⇨ 钅 + 居
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. gold
2. Simplified form of 釒
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
shī 1. corpse
2. (historical) a living person who represents the dead person during a rite
3. dead body
4. Simplified form of 屍
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)
      - Louis Koo Tin-lok (Hong Kong actor)