櫌 (yōu) - A wooden mallet or club used for breaking & an ancient agricultural tool similar to a hoe
櫌 · yōu
A wooden mallet or club used for breaking up clods of earth in farming;
an ancient agricultural tool similar to a hoe or mattock.
A wooden mallet or club used for breakingan ancient agricultural tool similar to a hoe
Usage highlights
wooden malletagricultural toolclodancient farming implement
Synonyms
- 耰— wooden mallet for covering seeds (similar agricultural tool)
Usage & contexts
Examples
- The farmer used a wooden mallet (櫌) to break up the soil.
- Ancient agricultural tools included the hoe and the clod-breaking mallet (櫌).
- This museum displays traditional farming implements like the 櫌.
Collocations
- wooden mallet(木櫌)
- agricultural tool(农櫌)
- clod-breaking mallet(碎土櫌)
- ancient farming implement(古农具櫌)
Idioms
- To till the land with hoe and mallet(耰而不辍)
Cultural background
FAQ- Appears in classical Chinese texts describing ancient farming methods.
- Represents early agricultural technology in Chinese civilization.
- Mentioned in historical records about farming implements.