záo

chisel

Depicts using a chisel (), which is a metal () tool (), to fashion a mortar ().

Components
丵 iconic component

  Iconic component

zhuó

  

chisel

臼 iconic component

  Iconic component

jiù

  

mortar

殳 meaning component

  Meaning component

shū

  

weapon or tool

金 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

Evolution

鑿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鑿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

záo

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

Most common words with 鑿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

确凿

definite

chisel

开凿

to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

凿子

chisel

凿井

to dig a well

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤawk

dzak

záo

chisel

*[dz]ˤawk

dzowk

záo

chisel


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

28

Simplified

Unicode

U+947F

Shuowen

“鑿,穿木也。从金。省聲。”


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