鑽
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钻
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Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 贊 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鑽)
Simplified (钻)
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欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
鑽
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鑽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鑽
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鑽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钻 / 鑽 [zuān]
to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
钻 / 鑽 [zuàn]
an auger; diamond
Japanese
noun
- chisel
- burin; graver; (explanation) engraving tool
- gad; jumper; (explanation) mining tool
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (53)
钻石 [zuànshí] #2,154
diamond
钻进 [zuānjìn] #14,824
to get into
钻研 [zuānyán] #22,356
to study meticulously
钻头 [zuàntóu] #10,043
drill bit
钻戒 [zuànjiè] #16,448
diamond ring
钻孔 [zuānkǒng] #17,308
to bore a hole
钻井 [zuānjǐng] #21,421
to drill (e.g. for oil)
钻探 [zuāntàn] #19,592
drilling
钻牛角尖 [zuānniújiǎojiān] #24,454
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
电钻 [diànzuàn] #22,505
electric drill
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
切り出す [きりだす] #4,665
to quarry
研鑽 [けんさん] #20,743
diligent study
火鑽 [ひきり] #80,817
hand drilling (to start a fire)
自己研鑽 [じこけんさん] #84,349
self-improvement
鏨 [たがね] #115,016
chisel
切火 [きりび] #124,286
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire)
鑽る [きる] #216,789
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)
鑽孔 [さんこう]
boring
試鑽 [しさん]
boring
鑽孔機 [さんこうき]
boring machine
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