Chinese Character: 锹 (Qiāo - Shovel)
1. 基本信息 (Character Basics)
部首: 钅 (Radical: 钅, related to metal)
笔画数: 13 (Number of strokes: 13)
结构分解: 形声字，从钅（金字旁，表示与金属相关），秋声（qiū，表音）。本义指金属制的挖土工具，木柄与金属铲头结合。(A phonetic-semantic character, combining "钅" (metal radical) and "秋" (phonetic component). Originally refers to a metal tool for digging, with a wooden handle.)
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2. 发音 (Pronunciation)
拼音: Qiāo (First tone)
3. 含义 (Meaning)
“锹”指用于挖土、铲物的工具，通常由金属铲头和木柄组成（如“铁锹”），也可泛指类似形状的工具（如“煤锹”）。("锹" refers to a tool for digging or shoveling, typically with a metal blade and wooden handle (e.g., "铁锹" - iron shovel), or similar-shaped tools (e.g., "煤锹" - coal shovel).)
4. 常用词汇 (Common Words)
- 铁锹 (tiě qiāo) Iron shovel
- 木锹 (mù qiāo) Wooden shovel
- 煤锹 (méi qiāo) Coal shovel
- 挖土机铁锹 (wā tǔ jī qiāo) Excavator shovel
5. 语法与用法 (Grammar & Usage)
“锹”通常作名词使用（如“一把铁锹”），可与量词“把”搭配（如“两把木锹”），或组成复合词（如“铲锹”“锹头”）。("锹" is usually used as a noun (e.g., "一把铁锹" - a shovel), often paired with measure word "把" (e.g., "两把木锹" - two wooden shovels), or forms compounds (e.g., "铲锹" - shovel tool).)
6. 文化背景 (Cultural Background)
“锹”是农业和建筑的传统工具，中国古代用木锹翻土，近代铁制工具普及后“铁锹”成为主流；现代挖掘机的铲斗仍保留“锹”的功能，体现工具的演变。("锹" is a traditional tool in agriculture and construction. Ancient China used wooden shovels, while iron shovels became popular later. Modern excavator buckets inherit its function, showing tool evolution.)
7. 例句 (Example Sentence)
农民用铁锹把泥土铲进手推车里。(Nóng mín yòng tiě qiāo bǎ ní tǔ chǎn jìn shǒu tuī chē lǐ.)
The farmer used an iron shovel to scoop soil into the wheelbarrow.
工地上的工人正用煤锹清理堆在角落的煤灰。(Gōng dì shàng de gōng rén zhèng yòng méi qiāo qīng lǐ duī zài jiǎo luò de méi huī.)
Workers at the construction site are using coal shovels to clean up the coal ash piled in the corner.
8. 记忆技巧 (Memory Tips)
联想“锹”的结构：左边“钅”（金属）表示工具材质，右边“秋”提示发音Qiāo，结合起来记忆为“金属制的挖土工具qiāo”。(Associate "锹" with its structure: "钅" (metal) indicates material, and "秋" hints at the pronunciation "Qiāo". Combine them to remember it as "metal digging tool (Qiāo)".)