锯 (jù): a saw, to saw
锯 (jù) is a Chinese character meaning “a saw.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 居 (phonetic). It ranks #2784 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 锯 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 钱 (qián, money), 错 (cuò, wrong, mistake), 钟 (zhōng, clock, bell).
Definitions
- a saw
- to saw
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电锯noun | diàn jù | electric saw (esp. electric chain saw) |
| 锯齿noun | jù chǐ | sawtooth |
| 锯子noun | jù zi | a saw |
| 钢锯noun | gāng jù | hacksaw |
| 拉锯verb | lā jù | a two-man saw |
| 手锯noun | shǒu jù | handsaw |
| 锯条noun | jù tiáo | a sawblade |
| 锯末noun | jù mò | sawdust |
| 拉锯战noun | lā jù zhàn | to-and-fro tussle |
| 钢丝锯 | gāng sī jù | jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade) |
| 往复锯 | wǎng fù jù | reciprocating saw |
| 消除锯齿 | xiāo chú jù chǐ | anti-alias (computer graphics) |
| 锯开 | jù kāi | to saw |
| 电圆锯 | diàn yuán jù | circular saw |
| 曲线锯 | qū xiàn ju | jigsaw |
锯 appears in 35 compound words: 37 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 锯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
锯属材料在现代工业中应用广泛。
jū shǔ cái liào zài xiàn dài gōng yè zhōng yīng yòng guǎng fàn .
Sawmill materials are widely used in modern industry.
比赛开局,肖国栋迅速进入状态,第五局比赛进程出现反复,双方陷入长时间防守拉锯。
bǐ sài kāi jú , xiào guó dòng xùn sù jìn rù zhuàng tài , dì wǔ jú bǐ sài jìn chéng chū xiàn fǎn fù , shuāng fāng xiàn rù cháng shí jiān fáng shǒu lā jù .
At the start of the match, Xiao Guodong quickly found his rhythm. The fifth frame saw a back-and-forth battle, with both players locked in a prolonged defensive stalemate.
对于发行商和黑客而言,这又演变成了一场“打地鼠”式的删帖拉锯战。
duì yú fā háng shāng hé hēi kè ér yán , zhè yòu yǎn biàn chéng le yī chǎng dǎ dì shǔ shì de shān tiē lā jù zhàn .
For publishers and hackers, this has once again turned into a "whack-a-mole"-style tug-of-war over post removal.
开阳高中的黄金搭档双双身亡,甚至武志的“黄金右臂”也被全部锯下,失去了踪迹。
kāi yáng gāo zhōng de huáng jīn dā dàng shuāng shuāng shēn wáng , shèn zhì wǔ zhì de huáng jīn yòu bì yě bèi quán bù jù xià , shī qù le zōng jì .
The dynamic duo from Kaiyang High School both died, and even Wu Zhi’s “golden right arm” was completely sawed off and has since vanished without a trace.
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. . . xīn ) — ān huī shāng wǎng xìn xī chǎn yè yǒu xiàn gōng sī bīng xuě jù bīng miàn jiù yuán běi jīng a d s c l u s t e r . c . . .
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...“32”元整数关卡附近 呈多空角力反覆拉锯
. . . 3 2 yuán zhěng shǔ guān kǎ fù jìn chéng duō kōng jiǎo lì fǎn fù lā jù
...Around the key psychological level of 32 yuan, bulls and bears are locked in a tug-of-war
我看见他正在锯一棵树。
Wǒ kànjiàn tā zhèngzài jū yī kē shù.
I saw him sawing a tree.
她向农夫借了一把锯子。
Tā xiàng nóngfū jiè le yī bǎ jùzi.
She borrowed a saw from the farmer.
我父亲用一把锯子切木头。
Wǒ fùqīn yòng yī bǎ jùzi qiē mùtou.
My father cut wood with a saw.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 钅 (metal) component
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