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zuān

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zuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zuān | zuan1
English translation
diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce

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About zuān

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Number of strokes

26

Traditional form

zuān

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of zuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒贊

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

zàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and zhàn represents the sound. Simplified form of zuān .

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Words with zuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zuàn to drill zuān
钻石 zuànshí diamond鑽石
钻进 zuān jìn to get into鑽進
钻研 zuānyán to delve into鑽研
钻头 zuàn tóu drill bit鑽頭
钻戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring鑽戒
钻孔 zuān kǒng to drill鑽孔
钻井 zuān jǐng a borehole鑽井
钻探 zuān tàn drilling鑽探
钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān a wild goose chase鑽牛角尖
电钻 diàn zuàn electric drill電鑽
刁钻 diāo zuān crafty刁鑽
钻心 zuān xīn to sneak in鑽心
钻空子 zuān kòng zi lit. to drill a hole鑽空子
钻营 zuān yíng to curry favor鑽營
手钻 shǒu zuàn gimlet手鑽
风钻 fēng zuàn jackhammer風鑽
开钻 kāi zuān to start drilling開鑽
钻劲 zuān jìn application to the task鑽勁
钻探机 zuān tàn jī drilling machine鑽探機
钻压 zuàn yā pressure on a drill bit鑽壓

zuān Decomposition & Compounds

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