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Kanji Detail for 鑽 - "drill, bore, chisel, delve, pierce"
鑽
- Meaning
鑽 means "drill, bore, chisel, delve, pierce."
Drill - A tool for making holes.
Bore - To make a hole with a drill.
Chisel - A carving tool.
Delve - To investigate deeply.
Pierce - To bore through.
Collect - To gather.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
make fire by rubbing sticks
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
drill, bore; pierce; diamond
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An awl. A tool for piercing holes. | To pierce. To pierce with a metal drill. The Analects says: "The more you drill, the harder it becomes." | Those good at currying favor are called 鑽. As in 鑽營 (maneuvering for personal gain). This expression already existed in Song times. | 鑽石. The most precious gemstone. Extremely hard. Can cut crystal and jade. Hence also called 金剛鑽 (diamond). Because it is transparent, also called 水鑽 (water drill).
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