杇
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Meaning: to plaster
💡 杇 (wū) looks like a wooden trowel (木) filling a hole (亏).
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Character Story & Explanation
In a rural Chinese village, you might see a worker named Lǎo Wáng using a trowel to apply a smooth layer of mud plaster to a brick wall. This action is called 杇 (wū), an ancient character meaning 'to plaster'. The left radical 木 (wood) hints at the wooden trowel once used, while the right part 亏 (deficit) may reflect the filling of gaps. Though rare today, 杇 appears in classical texts and remains a precise term for traditional plastering techniques.
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