手锯 (shǒu jū) — handsaw | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

handsaw

Measure word · 把

Examples

手锯。
Tā yòng shǒu jū bǎ mù bǎn jù kāi le.
He cut the board open with a handsaw.
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Zhè bǎ shǒu jū hěn fēng lì, yòng qǐ lái hěn fāng biàn.
This handsaw is very sharp and convenient to use.
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Gōng rén zài gōng jù xiāng lǐ fàng le yī bǎ shǒu jū.
The worker put a handsaw in the toolbox.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

手 (hand) and 锯 (saw) give a saw used by hand.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鋸; 锯 is its simplified writing.

金居鋸

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

居

居jū鋸jù

Same sound today

The traditional form 鋸 pairs 金 (metal) with 居 as a sound component. The simplified 锯 is an abbreviated form of 鋸.

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