琢 (zhuó): to cut (gems), used in 琢磨
琢 (zhuó) is a Chinese character meaning “to cut (gems).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 王 (semantic) and 豖 (phonetic). It ranks #2703 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 琢 jade. Its radical form 王 (jade) appears in many related characters such as 玩 (wán, to play), 现 (xiàn, to appear), 班 (bān, team).
Definitions
- to cut (gems)
- used in 琢磨
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琢磨verb | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade) |
| 雕琢verb | diāo zhuó | to sculpt |
| 精雕细琢phrase | jīng diāo xì zhuó | see 精雕細刻|精雕细刻 |
| 切磋琢磨phrase | qiē cuō zhuó mó | lit. cutting and polishing (idiom) |
琢 appears in 4 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 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 琢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 琢.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了琢字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le zhuó zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "琢" in the dictionary.
在江苏常州,一个年轻的团队正琢磨着把激光武器改成家用灭蚊神器,这个听上去挺有意思。
zài jiāng sū cháng zhōu , yī gè nián qīng de tuán duì zhèng zhuó mó zhe bǎ jī guāng wǔ qì gǎi chéng jiā yòng miè wén shén qì , zhè gè tīng shàng qù tǐng yǒu yì sī .
In Changzhou, Jiangsu, a young team is working on turning a laser weapon into a household mosquito-killing device—which sounds pretty interesting.
唐八弧双鹊衔绶铜镜,镜背以半球钮为中心,左右对称雕琢双鹊口衔绶带翩飞。
táng bā hú shuāng 鹊 xián 绶 tóng jìng , jìng bèi yǐ bàn qiú niǔ wéi zhōng xīn , zuǒ yòu duì chèn diāo zhuó shuāng 鹊 kǒu xián 绶 dài 翩 fēi .
A Tang Dynasty "Eight Arcs" bronze mirror featuring two magpies carrying a sash; the reverse side is centered around a hemispherical knob and is symmetrically carved on both sides with two magpies in flight, each holding a sash in its beak.
在拍摄期间,他每天都认真琢磨角色的每个动作,甚至连说话时的停顿和喘息都反复练习。
zài pāi shè qī jiān , tā měi tiān dōu rèn zhēn zhuó mó jiǎo sè de měi gè dòng zuò , shèn zhì lián shuō huà shí de tíng dùn hé chuǎn xī dōu fǎn fù liàn xí .
During filming, he carefully studied every movement of his character every day, even rehearsing the pauses and breaths in his speech over and over again.
打磨这样一部精雕细琢的剧目靠的是坚守现实主义创作道路。
dǎ mó zhè yàng yī bù jīng diāo xì zhuó de jù mù kào de shì jiān shǒu xiàn shí zhǔ yì chuàng zuò dào lù .
The refinement of such a meticulously crafted production relies on adhering to the path of realism in creative work.
Character Family
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