锲 qiè sickle
sickle; to carve; to engrave
How to remember 锲: 钅 gold + 契 deed = sickle. Grandpa trades his gold watch for the deed to a small field, and the first thing he buys is a sickle.
Component breakdown
锲 = 钅 gold + 契 deed
- 钅 gold
- 契 deed
Grandpa trades his gold watch for the deed to a small field, and the first thing he buys is a sickle.
How it is used
- Essentially locked into one idiom: 锲而不舍 (qiè'érbùshě) 'to keep carving and never give up' = dogged persistence, as in 锲而不舍地努力 (qiè'érbùshě de nǔlì) to work at something relentlessly.
- The base sense is to carve/engrave, but you'll almost only meet it here.
- Praise word for perseverance; near 坚持不懈.