How to Write 铳 (chòng) — Meaning “Punch (tool); blunderbuss”

Imagine a metal (钅) gun that is fully "charged" (充) and ready to fire. The right side 充 looks like a person (儿) with a heavy backpack (亠 and 厶), representing the gun being loaded with ammunition.

The left radical 钅 must be written with the correct stroke order: first the short horizontal, then the two horizontal lines, then the vertical hook, and finally the two dots on the left. On the right side, 充 has a dot above the 厶 component, and the bottom 儿 should be balanced evenly under the top.

铳 (chòng) means a punch tool or old-fashioned gun, while 钙 means calcium (a chemical element) and 钚 means plutonium (a radioactive element). Visually, 铳 has 充 on the right, 钙 has 丐 (gài), and 钚 has 不 (bù) — all different right-side components with completely different meanings.

铳 is not common in daily conversation but appears in historical or technical contexts. It refers to early firearms like 火铳 (firelock or musket) or a metal punch tool like 铳子. You might encounter it in history books about ancient Chinese weapons or in manufacturing vocabulary.

Common words containing 铳 include: 火铳 (huǒ chòng) — Firelock / Musket; 铳子 (chòng zi) — Punch (tool); 铳床 (chòng chuáng) — Punching machine.