凿

See also: 鑿

Translingual

Han character

凿 (Kangxi radical 17, 凵+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿金廿山 (TCTU), four-corner 3277₂, composition ⿱业⿶凵𢆉)

Derived characters

• 𨬭, 𥽦, 𦦹, 𨯳

Related characters

• 鑿 (Traditional form of 凿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 135, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 310, character 2
• Unihan data for U+51FF

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 鑿 (elimination of 殳 (shū), 金 (jīn) and 臼 (jiù) → 凵 (qiǎn)).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 凿 – see 鑿 (“chisel; to bore; to cut a hole; to chisel; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 鑿).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.