Read Edit View history Discussion 锄 chú hoe Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A metal 钅 tool 助; 助 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas chú × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鋤 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 锄 Simp strokes 锄 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 锄 Simp strokes 锄 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 锄 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 283, 817 ], [ 324, 753 ], [ 180, 513 ], [ 54, 375 ] ], [ [ 288, 626 ], [ 459, 667 ] ], [ [ 189, 472 ], [ 378, 512 ] ], [ [ 143, 335 ], [ 397, 389 ] ], [ [ 251, 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