杼
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Meaning: shuttle of a loom
💡 Imagine a wooden (木) shuttle giving (予) thread across the loom.
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Character Story & Explanation
杼 (zhù) refers to the shuttle, a key tool in traditional weaving that carries the weft thread across the loom. It symbolizes ancient textile craftsmanship and appears in classical idioms like '杼柚其空' (the shuttle and roller are empty), meaning poverty or exhaustion of resources. The character combines the radical 木 (wood, indicating material) with 予 (yǔ, to give), suggesting the shuttle's function of giving thread.
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