槌 (chuí): mallet, pestle, beetle (for wedging or ramming)

槌 (chuí) is a Chinese character meaning “mallet.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 追 (phonetic). It ranks #3301 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 槌 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. mallet
  2. pestle
  3. beetle (for wedging or ramming)

Etymology & Origin

槌

pictophoneticwood

Decomposition: ⿰木追 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
棒槌nounbàng chuíwooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
一槌定音yī chuí dìng yīnvariant of 一錘定音|一锤定音
小槌nounxiǎo chuímallet
法槌nounfǎ chuígavel
落槌luò chuí(of an auctioneer) to bring down the gavel
槌球nounchuí qiúcroquet
沙槌nounshā chuívariant of 沙錘|沙锤
碾槌niǎn chuípestle
砂槌shā chuívariant of 沙錘|沙锤
凸槌verbtū chuí(slang) (Tw) to mess up
10
Total compounds
10
As first character
80
As last character
10
As middle character

槌 appears in 10 compound words: 10 as the first character, 80 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

一槌定音yī chuí dìng yīn

variant of 一錘定音|一锤定音

phrase

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·文化Aug 2026

开演前,依力凡·吾买尔习惯性地拿起那对专属英歌槌。

kāi yǎn qián , yī lì fán wú mǎi ěr xí guàn xìng dì ná qǐ nà duì zhuān shǔ yīng gē chuí .

Before the performance began, Yilifan Wumaier habitually picked up his special pair of Yingge mallets.

爱范儿Aug 2026

数字越来越小,落槌声倒越来越响。

shǔ zì yuè lái yuè xiǎo , luò chuí shēng dǎo yuè lái yuè xiǎng .

The numbers are getting smaller and smaller, yet the sound of the gavel is getting louder and louder.

中国新闻网·体育Jul 2026

此后,长沙队攻势不减,张翔头槌脚踢,两分钟内连进两球,将比分扩大至4比0。

cǐ hòu , cháng shā duì gōng shì bù jiǎn , zhāng xiáng tóu chuí jiǎo tī , liǎng fēn zhōng nèi lián jìn liǎng qiú , jiāng bǐ fēn kuò dà zhì 4 bǐ 0 .

After that, the Changsha team kept up the pressure, with Zhang Xiang scoring twice in two minutes—once with a header and once with a shot—to extend the lead to 4–0.

少数派Jul 2026

我现在的摆设就是东一榔头西一棒槌带来的妥协产物。

wǒ xiàn zài de bǎi shè jiù shì dōng yī 榔 tóu xī yī bàng chuí dài lái de tuǒ xié chǎn wù .

My current setup is the result of a haphazard compromise.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 木 (wood) component

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 槌 (chuí) mean in Chinese?
槌 (chuí) primarily means "mallet." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #3301 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 槌 have?
槌 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 槌?
The radical associated with 槌 is 木 (tree). This radical appears in many characters related to tree.
What are the components of 槌?
槌 is composed of: 木 (semantic), 追 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰木追 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 槌?
Common words with 槌 include: 棒槌 (bàng chuí, "wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)"); 一槌定音 (yī chuí dìng yīn, "variant of 一錘定音|一锤定音"); 小槌 (xiǎo chuí, "mallet"); 法槌 (fǎ chuí, "gavel"); 落槌 (luò chuí, "(of an auctioneer) to bring down the gavel"). There are over 10 compound words containing this character.
Is 槌 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 槌 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.