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Hanzi Character Search: 凿

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chisel; bore, pierce
Radical 𠙴凵
Strokes (without radical) 10 Total Strokes 12
Mandarin reading zaó zuò Cantonese reading zok6
Japanese on reading Japanese kun reading
Korean reading Vietnamese reading
Traditional Variant(s) chisel; bore, pierce

CEDICT Entries:

   [ zaó ]    chisel, to bore a hole, to chisel or dig, (literary) (bound form) certain, authentic, irrefutable, also pr. [zuo4]
   [ zaó jǐng ]    to dig a well
   [ zaó toū guāng ]    lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom), fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
   [ zaó ]    chisel
   [ zaó yán ]    (rock) drilling
   [ zaó yán ]    rock drill
   [ zaó ruì ]    to fit like mortise and tenon
   [ zaó chén ]    to scuttle (a ship)
   [ zaó shí chǎng ]    rock quarry
   [ zaó kōng ]    to open an aperture, (extended meaning) to cut a way through, to open up a road
⇒    [ yuán zaó fāng ruì ]    see 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2]
⇒ 穿   [ wàng shēng chuān zaó ]    a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
⇒    [ fāng ruì yuán zaó ]    to put a square peg in a round hole, incompatible (idiom)
⇒    [ ruì zuò ]    incompatible
⇒    [ sǔn zaó ]    mortise chisel
⇒    [ què zaó ]    definite, conclusive, undeniable, authentic, also pr. [que4 zuo4]
⇒    [ què zaó ]    established and irrefutable (idiom)
⇒ 穿   [ chuān zaó ]    to bore a hole, to give a forced interpretation
⇒ 穿   [ chuān zaó huì ]    to make far-fetched claims (idiom), to offer outlandish explanations
⇒    [ kaī zaó ]    to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

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