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凿
鑿
záo
1. chisel
2. to bore a hole
3. to chisel or dig
4. certain
5. authentic
6. irrefutable
Common • Top 7%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

凿
záo
chisel; to bore, to pierce
12 丶

Compound Words (16)

凿岩
záoyán
(rock) drilling
凿枘
záoruì
to fit like mortise and tenon
凿井
záojǐng
to dig a well
凿子
záozǐ
chisel
凿空
záokōng
to open an aperture
开凿
kāizáo
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
确凿
quèzáo
definite
穿凿
chuānzáo
to bore a hole
榫凿
sǔnzáo
mortise chisel
凿石场
záoshíchǎng
rock quarry
凿岩机
záoyánjī
rock drill
穿凿附会
chuānzáofùhuì
to give a forced interpretation (idiom)
妄生穿凿
wàngshēngchuānzáo
a forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
方枘圆凿
fāngruìyuánzáo
to put a square peg in a round hole
确凿不移
quèzáobùyí
established and irrefutable (idiom)
圆凿方枘
yuánzáofāngruì
see [[方枘圓鑿|方枘圆凿<fāngruìyuánzáo>]]

Alternate Entries

凿
zuò
see [[鑿|凿<záo>]]

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,695
Word Frequency Rank
5,899 of 84,292

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