梭 suō a weaver's shuttle
How to remember 梭: 木 tree + 夋 hesitate = a weaver's shuttle. At the craft fair a boy watches a piece of olive tree wood fly through the threads, never seeming to hesitate, and learns it is a weaver's shuttle.
Component breakdown
梭 = 木 tree + 夋 hesitate
- 木 tree
- 夋 hesitate
At the craft fair a boy watches a piece of olive tree wood fly through the threads, never seeming to hesitate, and learns it is a weaver's shuttle.
How it is used
- A weaver's shuttle, which darts back and forth - hence 穿梭 (chuānsuō), to shuttle to and fro: 车辆穿梭 (chēliàng chuānsuō) traffic weaving back and forth.
- 光阴似箭，日月如梭 (guāngyīn sì jiàn, rìyuè rú suō) likens fleeting time to the shuttle's motion.