杵 Stroke Order

杵 [chǔ] **Noun** 1. A wooden stick for pounding rice or beating clothes. [En. pestle] - Example: 杵臼 (the mortar and pestle). 砧～ (the pestle and the anvil). ～臼交 (old term for friends who do not dislike poverty and low status). 2. A short wooden stick used for beating clothes. [En. battling stick] - Example: 杵砧 (the stick for hitting clothes and the cushion stone). 杵声 (sound of the pestle hitting clothes). 3. A pestle used to fill earth when constructing walls or embankments. [En. trip-hammer] - Example: 杵声 (sound of the pestle used in filling earth during construction). 杵木 (the wooden pestle for compacting soil). 4. An ancient stick-shaped weapon resembling a pestle. [En. pestle-like weapon] **Verb** 1. To pound or crush (as with a pestle). [En. pestle] - Example: 《新书》: 傲童不讴歌，舂筑者不相杵. (The proud child does not sing, and those who pound and build do not assist each other.) 2. To poke with a long object. [En. poke] - Example: 用指头杵他一下 (to poke him with a finger).