錾

錾 · zàn

engraving tool, chisel

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zàn
Cantonese
zaam6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

engraving tool, chisel

Dictionary definitions & readings

錾 zàn · to engrave

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1439.120:zàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
458.030:zàn Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KLC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4210 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1313.051 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+933E
Radical
金 · 167
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6079

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Stroke order

16 strokes
錾
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

鏨

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
64217.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64217.090
kIRGKangXi
1313.051
kKangXi
1313.051
kSMSZD2003Index
731.07
kCangjie
KLC
kFourCornerCode
4210
kPhonetic
21*
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIICore
CG
kIRG_GSource
G0-7649
kRSUnicode
167.8
kTotalStrokes
16
kCCCII
294666
kEACC
294666
kGB0
8641
kMainlandTelegraph
6983
kTGH
2013:6079
kCantonese
zaam6
kDefinition
engraving tool, chisel
kMandarin
zàn
kTGHZ2013
458.030:zàn
kXHC1983
1439.120:zàn
kTraditionalVariant
U+93E8

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 錾0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
斩 above 金 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱斩金$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱斩金$(G)

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