Character: 鑽
Modern (Beijing) reading: zuǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: cōn
Classic Old Chinese: cwān
Western Han Chinese: cwān
Eastern Han Chinese: cwān
Early Postclassic Chinese: cwān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cwān
Late Postclassic Chinese: cwān
Middle Chinese: cwân
English meaning : to pierce, incise [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: дрель, бурав; сверло; шило; [zuàn] алмаз (для резки стекла); [zuān] 1) колоть; дырявить, буравить; просверливать; 2) исследовать, доискиваться; 3) протискиваться, втискиваться в...
Comments: Also read *cōn-s, MC cwần, Mand. zuàn 'sharp instrument, tool for piercing, incising'. In the specialized meaning 'diamond for cutting glass' (attested rather late) it was borrowed in Viet. as xoàn. Standard Sino-Viet. is toa`n. Sometimes also used as a loan for 攢 *ʒ(h)ōn 'to collect,gather' q.v.
Radical: 167
Four-angle index: 8047
Karlgren code: 0153 h-i
Go-on: san
Kan-on: san
Vietnamese reading: xoàn
