How to Write 槌 (chuí) — Meaning “Hammer”

Imagine a wooden mallet (木) hitting a nail so hard that it chases (追) it into the wall. The picture of a "wooden chaser" helps you recall that 槌 means hammer.

Write the left radical 木 first with a short horizontal stroke, then write the right part 追 from top to bottom. A common error is making 木 too wide or forgetting the dot on top of 追—pay attention to the small 丶 above the 辶 component.

桫 is a tree name (木+沙) and 桲 is also a tree (木+孛), while 槌 is a tool. Visually, their right sides are different: 槌 uses 追, 桫 uses 沙, and 桲 uses 孛. Only 槌 means hammer or mallet.

槌 appears in words like 鼓槌 (drumstick) and 木槌 (wooden mallet), often in music or carpentry. In Chinese culture, a 木槌 is also used as a gavel at auctions or in traditional courts to signal decisions.

Common words containing 槌 include: 鼓槌 (gǔ chuí) — drumstick; 木槌 (mù chuí) — wooden mallet; 槌打 (chuí dǎ) — To hammer.