鑿

鑿 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+19, 27 strokes, cangjie input 廿水金 (TEC), four-corner 3710₉, composition ⿱𣫞金)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1327, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41088
• Dae Jaweon: page 1829, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4277, character 7
• Unihan data for U+947F

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsoːwɢ, *zoːwɢ, *zoːwɢ, *zoːwɢ): semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 𥽿.

Compare Burmese ဆောက် (hcauk, “chisel”) (Schuessler, 2007) from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzawk, as well as perhaps Burmese စိုက် (cuik, “to plant”) (STEDT).

鑿

1. chisel
2. to bore; to cut a hole; to chisel

   鑿冰／凿冰  ―  záo bīng  ―  to make a hole in the ice

   把船鑿沉／把船凿沉  ―  bǎ chuán záo chén  ―  to scuttle the ship

3. to dig

   鑿井／凿井  ―  záojǐng  ―  to dig a well

   鑿靈渠／凿灵渠  ―  záo Língqú  ―  to dig the Lingqu

4. (obsolete) tool for tattooing the face as punishment
5. (literary) to interpret in a strained manner
6. (obsolete) used in 鑿行／凿行
7. (obsolete) used in 鑿空／凿空 (záokōng)
8. (obsolete) feeling; emotion
9. (literary or Beijing Mandarin) to beat forcefully

   大清早兒的，誰在外面鑿門呢？ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   大清早儿的，谁在外面凿门呢？ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Dà qīngzǎor de, shéi zài wàimian záo mén ne? [Pinyin]

   Who is outside banging on the door in the early morning?

10. (Hokkien) to stab; to pierce
11. (Mainland China Hokkien) to criticize with pointed words; to poke holes in people's secrets
12. (Taiwanese Hokkien) feeling uncomfortable (when worn, etc.)

• (chisel):

• (to bore):

• (to stab): 刺 (cì), 捅 (tǒng); (Hokkien) 𠡡 (cán)

鑿

1. hole; mortise
2. tunnel

鑿

1. real; authentic; irrefutable
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 糳 (zuò, “to polish (rice)”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 糳 (zuò, “polished rice”)
4. used in 鑿鑿／凿凿 (zuòzuò)

鑿

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to carve
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鏃 / 镞 (“arrow”)

(Hyōgai kanji)

• On (unclassified): さく (saku)、そう (sō)
• Kun: のみ (nomi, 鑿)、うがつ (ugatsu, 鑿つ)

• (Tokyo) のみ [nóꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [no̞mʲi]

鑿(のみ) • (nomi) 

1. chisel used for wood

• (used for metal) 鏨(たがね) (tagane)

鑿 (eumhun 뚫을 착 (ttureul chak))

1. hanja form^? of 착 (“to bore; to pierce”)

• 굴착기 (掘鑿機, gulchakgi, “excavator”)
• 굴착 (掘鑿, gulchak, “excavation”)

鑿 (eumhun 구멍 조 (gumeong jo))

1. (archaic) hanja form^? of 조 (“hole”)

• (archaic) 방예원조 (方枘圓鑿, bang'yewonjo)

鑿: Hán Nôm readings: tạc, toạc

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