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Other meanings
[záo]v. to chisel, to cut a hole, to gouge; to dig
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
凵 container (for 凿)金 metal (for 鑿)
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
确凿
確鑿
què záo
adj. conclusive, irrefutable, definite
凿子
鑿子
záo zi
n. chisel
圆凿方枘
圓鑿方枘
yuán záo fāng ruì
idiom. like a square tenon for a round mortise -- be incompatible, be at variance with each other