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HSK
2
spade
spade
Subcomponents
土
soil
土
soil
戈
halberd
戈
halberd
Name
Primary
spade
Mnemonic
Imagine grabbing a long
戈 halberd
and using it to dig
土 soil
. Well, at that point, it is just a
spade
, albeit a weird looking one that is overly long.
Found In Hanzi
tiě
鐵
iron
dài
戴
to put on
zài
載
to carry
cái
裁
to cut out
jié
截
to sever
zāi
栽
grow
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