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凿

záo

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 鑿

凿 (záo) means "chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 凿 means

1. bound formchisel
2. to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig
3. literarycertain; authentic; irrefutable
4. also pr. zuò

Example sentences

• 证据确凿了。
  Zhèngjù quèzáo le.
  The evidence is clear.

Words starting with 凿

• 凿井záo jǐngto dig a well
• 凿子záo zichisel
• 凿岩záo yán(rock) drilling
• 凿沉záo chénto scuttle (a ship)
• 凿空záo kōngto open an aperture; (extended meaning) to cut a way through; to open up a road
• 凿岩机záo yán jīrock drill
• 凿石场záo shí chǎngrock quarry
• 凿壁偷光záo bì tōu guānglit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom); fig. to study diligently in the face of…
• 凿死铆子záo sǐ mǎo zi(dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
• 凿死卯子záo sǐ mǎo zivariant of 凿死铆子
• 凿枘záo ruìsee 枘凿

Words containing 凿

• 确凿què záodefinite; conclusive; undeniable
• 开凿kāi záoto cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
• 穿凿chuān záoto bore a hole; to give a forced interpretation
• 妄生穿凿wàng shēng chuān záoa forced analogy (idiom); to jump to an unwarranted conclusion
• 确凿不移què záo bù yíestablished and irrefutable (idiom)
• 穿凿附会chuān záo fù huì(idiom) to make far-fetched claims; to offer outlandish explanations
• 言之凿凿yán zhī záo záo(idiom) to speak with conviction
• 榫凿sǔn záomortise chisel
• 枘凿ruì záoincompatible (abbr. for 方枘圆凿; (literary) compatible (lit. "mortise and tenon")
• 方枘圆凿fāng ruì yuán záo(lit.) like a square peg in a round hole (idiom); (fig.) incompatible
• 圆凿方枘yuán záo fāng ruìsee 方枘圆凿

Characters that look like 凿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 盘pántray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing; bound form) disk
• 窝wōnest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 棠tángcherry-apple
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 菡hànlotus blossom

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read záo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.