钻

See also: 鑽 and 鑚

钻 U+94BB, 钻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-94BB ← 钺 [U+94BA] CJK Unified Ideographs 钼 → [U+94BC]

Translingual

Traditional	鑽
Shinjitai (extended)	鑚
Simplified	钻

Han character

钻 (Kangxi radical 167, 钅+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金卜口 (CYR) or 人心卜口 (OPYR) or 難金卜口 (XCYR), composition ⿰钅占)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1328, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4185, character 1
• Unihan data for U+94BB

Chinese

Glyph origin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Influenced by Wu? [1]”) Simplified from 鑽 (釒 → 钅 and 贊 → 占) for use in simplified Chinese.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 钻 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 鑽).

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

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 钻 – see 鉆. (This character is the simplified form of 鉆).

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