| 鑿 | 364A50 22.30 | 部居  | 畫數 28 | ㄗㄨㄛˋ [zuo4] (sp. pr. *ㄗㄠˊ [zao2] ). | ||
| N. | (1) A chisel: 鑿子 [zuo4zi0]↓. (2) A socket, mortise: 鑿枘 [zuo4rui4]↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To cut a hole in: 鑿孔，鑿個眼兒 ditto; 鑿木 to chisel wood; 鑿牙 knock out a person's teeth; 鑿通 bore through; 鑿破 bore open; 鑿開 ditto. (2) To polish (rice). (3) As in 穿鑿附會 make a forced interpretation of text. | |||||
| Adj. | True, accurate, certain: 鑿鑿 [zuo4zuo4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 鑿氣 *[zao2qi0], adj., stubborn, obstinate. 2. 鑿井 [zuo4jing3], v.i., dig a well. 3. 鑿空 [zuo4kong1], v.i., (1) to open up holes; (2) to read more than what is meant: 穿鑿附（傅）會 make a forced interpretation of text. 4. 鑿木鳥 [zuo4mu4niao3], n., the woodpecker (also wr. 啄木鳥). 5. 鑿坏 [zuo4pei2], v.i., dig a hole in the wall. 6. 鑿枘 [zuo4rui4], (1) n., mortise and tenon; (2) adj., in compatible, ill-fitting (round peg in a square hole). 7. 鑿子 *[zao2zi0], n., a chisel. 8. 鑿鑿 [zuo4zuo4], adj., (1) bright and clean: 白石鑿鑿 (AC) spotlessly clean are the white pebbles; (2) true, accurate: 言之鑿鑿 said to be indisputable, with definite evidence; 鑿鑿可據 certain and reliable, capable of being proved. | |||||