Character: 鑿
Modern (Beijing) reading: záo
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ́hākʷ
Classic Old Chinese: ʒhāuk
Western Han Chinese: ʒhāuk
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhāuk
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhāuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhāk
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhāk
Middle Chinese: ʒâk
English meaning : to bore, chisel out
Russian meaning[s]: 1) бурав; долото; сверло; зубило; 2) долбить; сверлить; вырыть (колодец); 3) паз, отверстие; гнездо; 4) достоверный; настоящий, реальный; [zuò] обдирать рис
Comments: For *ʒ́h cf. Xiamen chak8, chɔk8, Fuzhou chök8, Dongshan chak8. Also used for *ćākʷ, MC câk, Mand. zuò 'to be shining, brilliant'.
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 376
Karlgren code: 1128 a
Vietnamese reading: tạc
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