铸
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to cast or found metals
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,729 U+94F8
How 铸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 寿 (phonetic, shòu)
How to remember it
cast · Heisig RSH #2578
metal + long, gray, beard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 寿
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 寿 (shòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿 sound component | shòu | old age, longevity; lifespan |
| 筹 | chóu | chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money |
| 祷 | dǎo | to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer |
| 涛 | tāo | large waves |
| 畴 | chóu | field, farmland; class, category |
| 踌 | chóu | to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied |
| 焘 | dào | to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop |
| 帱 | chóu | to cover up; curtain |
| 梼 | táo | wood block; idiot, blockhead |
Words containing 铸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铸工车间 | zhù gōng chē jiān | foundry (workshop or factory) |
| 铸成大错 | zhù chéng dà cuò | to make a serious mistake (idiom) |
| 铸工 | zhù gōng | foundry work; foundry worker |
| 铸成 | zhù chéng | to cast in metal; (fig.) to forge; to fashion |
| 连铸 | lián zhù | continuous casting (metallurgy) |
| 铸铁 | zhù tiě | pig iron; foundry iron |
| 铸剑为犁 | zhù jiàn wéi lí | (idiom) to beat swords into plowshares; to turn from war to peace |
| 铸件 | zhù jiàn | a casting (i.e. sth cast in a mold) |
| 铸造 | zhù zào | to cast (pour metal into a mold) |
| 铸就 | zhù jiù | to cast; to forge; to form; to create |
| 铸币 | zhù bì | coin; to mint (coins) |
| 铸铜 | zhù tóng | bronze casting |
| 冀朝铸 | Jì Cháo zhù | Ji Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat |
| 冶铸 | yě zhù | to smelt and cast |
| 浇铸 | jiāo zhù | to cast (molten metal); to mold |