凿(záo): (bound form) chisel

HSK 7-912 strokesTrad. 鑿

(bound form) chisel

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Character informationHSK 7-9

Pinyin: záo
Meaning: (bound form) chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig; (literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuo4]
Strokes: 12
HSK level: HSK 7-9
Traditional: 鑿

Origin & structureWhere 凿 comes from

Ideograph⿶凵丵

A drill 丵 making a hole 凵

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

凵kǎn 丵zhuó

Parts are arranged enclosing from below.

Traditional form 鑿: A metal 金 drill 丵 boring a hole 臼; 殳 provides the pronunciation

Words with 凿

què确záo凿

HSK 7-9

definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [que4 zuo4]

ruì枘záo凿

incompatible (abbr. for 方枘圆凿); (literary) compa…

sǔn榫záo凿

mortise chisel

záo凿zǐ子

chisel

kāi开záo凿

to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

què确záo凿bù不 yí移

established and irrefutable (idiom)

chuān穿záo凿fù附 huì会

(idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations

yán言 zhī之záo凿záo凿

(idiom) to speak with conviction

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