chā

锸

Character · NounTraditional鍤

ancient digging tool; spade

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples

noun

ancient digging tool; spade

literary

A classical Chinese term for a shovel-like agricultural tool used for digging soil in ancient times. It is rarely used in modern spoken language but may appear in historical, literary, or archaeological contexts.

Gǔ古

rén人

yǐ以

chā锸

wéi为

zhǔ主

yào要

de的

wā挖

tǔ土

gōng工

jù具

。

Ancient people used the spade as their primary digging tool.

Kǎo考

gǔ古

xué学

jiā家

fā发

xiàn现

le了

xiù锈

jì迹

bān斑

de的

tiě铁

chā锸

。

Archaeologists discovered a rusty iron spade.

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Qí其

xíng形

zhuàng状

yǔ与

jīn今

zhī之

tiě铁

qiāo锹

wú无

yì异

。

Its shape was no different from a modern shovel.