03947 Chinese character of 鍬 and pronounce ciu1

The Chinese character【鍬】(shovel) that I will teach you today is a word that describes a tool or an action. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

A tool, mostly referring to an agricultural shovel.

You can refer to this for the pronunciation of the mentioned Chinese character.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【鍬】:qiāo

Cantonese Jyutping of 【鍬】:ciu1

Below is an introduction to the basics of the Chinese character 【鍬】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【鍬】, for example:Describe a tool or action , It mainly means a tool, mostly a farming shovel. .The richness of Chinese characters allows for a wide range of meanings, some of which may be too complex to be fully explained here.

【鍬】functions as a standalone word but can pair with others to form more descriptive expressions, like【鍬鏟、農鍬】(Mandarin Pinyin:qiāo chǎn 、nóng qiāo/ Cantonese Jyutping:ciu1 caan2 、nung4 ciu1)

The stroke count for this character is 17 ,It is a Chinese character that must be learned by those aiming to reach a near-native level of proficiency in Chinese,Here is a sentence demonstrating the use of this character.:


農民使用鍬鏟進行耕作。

Farmers use spades to cultivate the land.


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