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鑿
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凿
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bore a hole

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Making
záo
サク
のみ、うが.つ
착, 조
Depicts using a chisel (丵), which is a metal (金) tool (殳), to fashion a mortar (臼).
Components
Traditional (鑿)
丵 thick+ 臼 mortar+ 殳 weapon or tool+ 金 gold =
鑿 bore a hole
丵 Iconic component
zhuó thick
thick (grass)
臼 Iconic component
jiù mortar
殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
金 Meaning component
jīn gold
Simplified (凿)
凵 receptacle+ 丵 thick =
凿 chisel
凵 Iconic component
qiǎn receptacle
Simplified from the 臼 component in traditional 鑿.
丵 Iconic component
zhuó thick
thick (grass)
Notes
Similar Characters
凿 bore (simp)對 that's right (trad)業 profession (trad/jp)菐 thicket叢 thicket (trad)业 business (simp)臿 separate舀 dip旧 old (jp)桕 tallow tree湼 black mud舅 mother's brother舊 old (trad)裒 assemble隉 disorder (trad)舂 grind in mortar役 service段 stage殷 ardent殸 stone chimes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
凿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
凿 / 鑿 [záo]
chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò]
Japanese
鑿 のみ 、 ノミ 同音
noun usually kana chisel
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鑿 のみ
Nomi surname
CHINESE WORDS (19)
确凿 [què​záo] #7,850
definite
开凿 [kāi​záo] #38,179
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
凿子 [záo​zǐ] #26,522
chisel
凿井 [záo​jǐng] #55,107
to dig a well
凿岩 [záo​yán] #55,157
(rock) drilling
凿岩机 [záo​yán​jī] #58,387
rock drill
穿凿 [chuān​záo] #58,540
to bore a hole
穿凿附会 [chuān​záo​fù​huì] #61,845
to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
凿壁偷光 [záo​bì​tōu​guāng] #65,656
lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
方枘圆凿 [fāng​ruì​yuán​záo] #72,870
to put a square peg in a round hole
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 掘削 [くっさく] #37,619
digging out
穿鑿 [せんさく] #66,365
probing (into)
丸のみ [まるのみ] #72,687
gouge
削岩機 [さくがんき] #83,732
rock drill
開削 [かいさく] #113,864
excavation
平鑿 [ひらのみ] #207,347
flat chisel
さく井 [さくせい] #252,100
well drilling
円鑿方枘 [えんさくほうぜい]
round peg in a square hole
斧鑿 [ふさく]
lucubration
鎬鑿 [しのぎのみ]
chisel for making dovetail joints
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
굴착
excavation
천착
research