锄 chú hoe
hoe; to weed
How to remember 锄: 钅 gold + 助 to help = hoe. The boy hides a gold coin in the garden, then offers to help grandma just so he can dig it up with her hoe.
Component breakdown
锄 = 钅 gold + 助 to help
- 钅 gold
- 助 to help
- 且 moreover
- 力 power
The boy hides a gold coin in the garden, then offers to help grandma just so he can dig it up with her hoe.
How it is used
- The farming hoe 锄头 (chútou), and the verb to hoe/weed: 锄地 (chú dì) to hoe the fields, 锄草 (chú cǎo) to weed.
- Best known from the poem line 锄禾日当午 (chú hé rì dāng wǔ) 'hoeing grain under the noon sun' - a byword for the toil of farming.
- Figuratively 锄奸 (chújiān) to root out traitors, extending 'weed out' to enemies.