(duò) - A short piece of wood & a stump

Tone 4

duò | 9 strokes | radical:

· duò

A short piece of wood;

a stump;

a block of wood;

also used in the word 榾柮 (gùduò) meaning a block of wood for fuel.

A short piece of wooda stumpa block of wood

Usage highlights

wood blocktree stumpfuel wood blockshort wood piecechopped wood block

Synonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He chopped the wood into short blocks (柮).
  • They used wood blocks (榾柮) for heating in winter.
  • The stump (树柮) remained after the tree was cut down.

Collocations

  • wood block(木柮)
  • tree stump(树柮)
  • fuel wood block(榾柮)
  • short wood piece(短柮)
  • chopped wood block(劈柮)

Idioms

  • A block of wood for fuel(榾柮)
  • Like a stubborn stump(如柮之固)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Traditionally used to refer to short pieces of wood or stumps, especially in the context of fuel.
  • Appears in classical Chinese texts describing simple, rustic life and basic materials.

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