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碡

zhóu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 碌碡) a stone roller for threshing grain or leveling ground

Examples

HSK 7-9
农夫用碌碡压麦子脱粒。
Nóngfū yòng liù zhou yā màizi tuōlì.
The farmer used a stone roller to thresh the wheat.
HSK 7-9
碌碡是牛拉的沉重圆石滚子。
Liù zhou shì niú lā de chénzhòng yuán shí gǔnzi.
A stone roller is a heavy cylindrical stone pulled by an ox.

Tips

usage
碡 is a bound character used only in 碌碡, a heavy stone cylinder rolled over grain to thresh it or over ground to flatten it. A classic farmyard tool.

Components

radical
石 shí
stone
The stone radical 石 fixes the meaning: this tool is a heavy cylinder cut from stone, rolled over grain or earth.
phonetic
毒 dú
poison
毒 supplies an approximate sound, read zhóu here. It functions purely as the phonetic element and carries no meaning in this farming term.

Stroke Order

碡 zhóu