槌
hammer, mallet
Readings
On'yomi
- ツイ
Kun'yomi
- つち
Meaning
槌 centers on a tool for striking: a hammer or mallet, used to deliver forceful blows.
Most common words using 槌
20 of 27- 鉄槌てっつい
iron hammer
- 槌つち
hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
- 相槌あいづちN1
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention
- 金槌かなづちN1
hammer
- 小槌こづち
(small) mallet; gavel
- 相槌を打つあいづちをうつN1
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
- 一大鉄槌いちだいてっつい
dealing a hard (heavy, crushing) blow (to)
- 南槌鯨みなみつちくじら
Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii)
- 戦槌せんつい
war hammer; pole hammer
- 才槌さいづち
small wooden mallet
- 才槌頭さいづちあたま
head like a hammer
- 打ち出の小槌うちでのこづち
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
- 打診槌だしんづち
plexor; plessor; percussor
- 木槌きづち
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
- 槌指つちゆび
hammer toe; hammer finger
- 槌目つちめ
hammered mark; hammered pattern
- 槌音つちおと
hammering sound; hammering
- 槌骨つちこつ
malleus (bone of the ear); hammer
- 槌鯨つちくじら
Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii)
- 横槌よこづち
round mallet
Study
Etymology
槌 combines 木 (wood) with 追, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a wooden hammer or mallet.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 追 suggests chasing or driving. Picture a wooden mallet chasing a peg into place: 槌 is a hammer.
Reading mnemonic
For ツイ, imagine a hammer striking with a sharp 'tsui!' sound: the impact noise cues ツイ while the wooden mallet drives the point home.