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凿

záo

chisel

Simplified from 鑿. Depicts a chisel (丵) fashioning an object with an opening (凵).

Components
凵 iconic,simplified component

凵  Iconic Simplified component

qiǎn, kǎn

  

enclosure

Simplified from the 臼 component in traditional 鑿.

丵 iconic component

丵  Iconic component

zhuó

  

chisel

Evolution

凿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
凿 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
凿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
凿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
凿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

凿 (鑿) 

záo

chisel; bore, pierce; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò]

Most common words with 凿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

确凿

definite

凿

chisel

开凿

to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

凿子

chisel

凿井

to dig a well

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.4759% of movies

2730th most common character in movies

2696th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

鑿

Unicode

U+51FF


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