钻
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drill; auger; diamond
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How 钻 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 占 (phonetic, zhàn)
How to remember it
drill · Heisig RSH #1612
metal + 占 tell fortunes
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 占
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 占 (zhàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound component | zhàn | to divine; to observe; to versify |
| 点 | diǎn | dot, point, speck |
| 战 | zhàn | war, fighting, battle |
| 站 | zhàn | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations |
| 店 | diàn | shop, store; inn, hotel |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy |
| 黏 | nián | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue |
| 沾 | zhān | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch |
| 粘 | zhān | viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous |
| 毡 | zhān | felt; rug, carpet |
| 砧 | zhēn | anvil, flat stone |
| 玷 | diàn | character flaw; a flaw in a gem |
| 坫 | diàn | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking |
| 苫 | shān | rush or straw matting |
| 飐 | zhǎn | to sway in the wind |
| 扂 | diàn | door latch |
| 鲇 | nián | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |
Words containing 钻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钻石王老五 | zuàn shí wáng lǎo wǔ | highly eligible bachelor; desirable male partner |
| 万头钻动 | wàn tóu zuān dòng | (Tw) see 萬頭攢動|万头攒动[wan4 tou2 cuan2 dong4] |
| 钻空子 | zuān kòng zi | to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. t… |
| 钻木取火 | zuān mù qǔ huǒ | to drill wood to make fire |
| 无孔不钻 | wú kǒng bù zuān | lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity |
| 独立钻石 | dú lì zuàn shí | solitaire (puzzle) |
| 钻心虫 | zuān xīn chóng | boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus … |
| 钻井平台 | zuān jǐng píng tái | (oil) drilling platform |
| 钻牛角 | zuān niú jiǎo | lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to… |
| 钻头 | zuàn tóu | drill bit |
| 钻心 | zuān xīn | to sneak in; to infiltrate; to be piercingly painful; to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc) |
| 钻牛角尖 | zuān niú jiǎo jiān | lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insign… |
| 钻机 | zuàn jī | drilling machine |
| 手钻 | shǒu zuàn | gimlet; hand drill |
| 气钻 | qì zuàn | pneumatic drill |
| 电钻 | diàn zuàn | electric drill |
| 开钻 | kāi zuān | to start drilling |
| 风钻 | fēng zuàn | pneumatic drill; jackhammer |
| 钻眼 | zuān yǎn | to drill a hole; drilling |
| 钻石 | zuàn shí | diamond; CL:顆|颗[ke1] |