How to write 锄

锄: [chú] 1. A tool for loosening soil and weeding. - Example: 锄头 (hoe), 铁锄 (iron hoe). 2. To hoe, to loosen soil and weed. - Example: 锄草 (hoe the grass), 锄耘 (weeding), 锄地 (hoe the ground). 3. To eliminate. - Example: 锄奸 (eliminate treason). 【本义】: 锄头。 一种长柄农具，其刀身平薄而横装，专用于中耕、除草、疏松植株周围的土壤. - Original meaning: hoe. A type of long-handled farming tool with a thin, flat blade, specifically used for tilling, weeding, and loosening the soil around plants. 【造字法】: 形声。从金，助声. - Word formation: Phonetic and semantic compound, with the component 金 (metal) indicating the material. [动] 1. To work with a hoe, to weed. - Example: 大儿锄豆溪东 (the eldest son hoes beans east of the stream), 中儿正织鸡笼 (the second son is knitting a chicken cage). 2. To eliminate. - Example: 又不可使天下之民斫直，删密，锄正，以夭梅病梅为业以术钱也 (one cannot allow the people of the world to cut straight, delete dense foliage, and eliminate healthy and sick plum trees for profit). - Example: 锄拔 (remove), 锄理 (clear up). ### Summary: 锄 refers both to the tool (hoe) used for agricultural purposes and the action of using this tool (to hoe, to weed), as well as the act of elimination.