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榫

sǔn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tenon (the projecting wooden piece in a mortise-and-tenon joint)

Characters

榫
sǔn
tenon

Examples

HSK 5
这个榫头有点太粗，插不进去。
Zhège sǔntóu yǒudiǎn tài cū, chā bù jìnqù.
This tenon is a little too thick to fit into the slot.
HSK 7-9
中国传统家具用榫卯结构，完全不用钉子。
Zhōngguó chuántǒng jiājù yòng sǔn mǎo jiégòu, wánquán bù yòng dīngzi.
Traditional Chinese furniture is assembled with mortise-and-tenon joints, using no nails at all.

Tips

culture
榫卯 (tenon-and-mortise) is the joinery system behind classical Chinese woodwork: the 榫 is the protruding tongue, the 卯 is the matching hole it slots into. Whole buildings and Ming-dynasty furniture hold together with no nails or glue.

Components

radical
木 mù
wood; tree
The tree radical 木 on the left tells you this is a woodworking term, a shaped piece of timber, grouping it with 板 board and 椅 chair.
phonetic
隼 sǔn
falcon
Right is 隼, a falcon, contributing the exact sound sǔn with no semantic link, a pure phonetic loan.

Stroke Order

榫 sǔn