| 鑿 | [ zaó ] chisel, to bore a hole, to chisel or dig, (literary) (bound form) certain, authentic, irrefutable, also pr. [zuo4] |
| 鑿井 | [ zaó jǐng ] to dig a well |
| 鑿壁偷光 | [ zaó bì toū guāng ] lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom), fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship |
| 鑿子 | [ zaó zǐ ] chisel |
| 鑿岩 | [ zaó yán ] (rock) drilling |
| 鑿岩機 | [ zaó yán jī ] rock drill |
| 鑿枘 | [ zaó ruì ] to fit like mortise and tenon |
| 鑿沉 | [ zaó chén ] to scuttle (a ship) |
| 鑿石場 | [ zaó shí chǎng ] rock quarry |
| 鑿空 | [ zaó kōng ] to open an aperture, (extended meaning) to cut a way through, to open up a road |
| ⇒ 圓鑿方枘 | [ yuán zaó fāng ruì ] see 方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿[fang1 rui4 yuan2 zao2] |
| ⇒ 妄生穿鑿 | [ wàng shēng chuān zaó ] a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion |
| ⇒ 方枘圓鑿 | [ fāng ruì yuán zaó ] to put a square peg in a round hole, incompatible (idiom) |
| ⇒ 枘鑿 | [ ruì zuò ] incompatible |
| ⇒ 榫鑿 | [ sǔn zaó ] mortise chisel |
| ⇒ 確鑿 | [ què zaó ] definite, conclusive, undeniable, authentic, also pr. [que4 zuo4] |
| ⇒ 確鑿不移 | [ què zaó bù yí ] established and irrefutable (idiom) |
| ⇒ 穿鑿 | [ chuān zaó ] to bore a hole, to give a forced interpretation |
| ⇒ 穿鑿附會 | [ chuān zaó fù huì ] to make far-fetched claims (idiom), to offer outlandish explanations |
| ⇒ 開鑿 | [ kaī zaó ] to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) |