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钻

zuān, zuàn

drill

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鑽.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

占 sound component

占  Sound component

zhàn, zhān

  

divine

Evolution

钻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
钻 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
钻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
钻 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
钻 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

钻 (鑽) 

zuān

drill, bore; pierce; diamond; 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

钻 (鑚) 

zuàn

variant of 鑽|钻[zuàn]

Most common words with 钻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

钻

to drill

钻石

diamond

钻进

to get into

钻研

to delve into

钻头

drill bit

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 15.2010% of movies

1399th most common character in movies

1724th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

鑽

Unicode

U+94BB


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