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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zuàn - variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]
zuān - to drill
- to bore
- to get into
- to make one's way into
- to enter (a hole)
- to thread one's way through
- to study intensively
- to dig into
- to curry favor for personal gain
zuàn - drill; auger
- diamond

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 3,090 4,192 3,036

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Metal

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
钻石 6 7 2,154 7,162 5,088
- 6 3,090 4,192 3,036
钻头 - - 10,043 32,664 44,543
钻进 - - 14,824 11,543 11,681
钻戒 - - 16,448 18,706 9,511
钻孔 - - 17,308 24,469 53,247
钻探 - - 19,592 29,954 60,080
钻井 - - 21,421 23,953 53,494
钻研 6 9 22,356 13,953 25,213
电钻 - - 22,505 55,329 35,090
钻牛角尖 - - 24,454 40,406 18,715
钻心 - - 33,117 46,211 36,596
钻空子 - 9 36,033 46,366 43,336
刁钻 - - 36,868 40,506 39,001
手钻 - - 38,832 - -
钻机 - - 62,040 38,964 78,533
钻探机 - - 64,173 - -