柄
柄 in English
- handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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小锅柄长。
Small pots have long handles.
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我们成了整个村庄的笑柄。
We've become a mockery to the whole village.
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我开门的时候把门柄扭了出来。
I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.
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这是个没有柄的平锅。
Here is a pan without handles.