钻zuān
drill bit, to drill. 10 strokes, radical 钅, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin zuānStrokes 10Radical 钅Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 钻
Strokes 1–5 write 钅, then strokes 6–10 write 占.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 钻 · the stroke-order rules
What 钻 is made of
钅 (jīn, gold) and 占 (zhàn, to divine).
钅 carries the meaning — metal — and 占 carries the sound.
Words that use 钻
| 钻 | drill bit, to drill 指打孔用的工具 还带来一把钻头帮忙修书架。He also brought a drill to help fix the bookshelf. Lesson 697, 祖父祖母 · 敏锐洞察与奋发图强 · Keen Perception & Diligent Enterprise |
Characters that share the sound part 占
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 钅
All 22 of them, and what the radical means, on the 金 radical page.