鑚

See also: 鑽 and 钻

鑚 U+945A, 鑚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-945A ← 鑙 [U+9459] CJK Unified Ideographs 鑛 → [U+945B]

Translingual

Traditional	鑽
Shinjitai (extended)	鑚
Simplified	钻

Han character

鑚 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+15, 23 strokes, cangjie input 金手人金 (CQOC), composition ⿰釒賛)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1325, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41009
• Dae Jaweon: page 1826, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4269, character 8
• Unihan data for U+945A

Usage notes

This character is listed in the Kangxi dictionary (正字通) as the unorthodox character (俗字) of 鑽.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鑚 – see 鑽 (“to drill; to bore; to study intensively; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鑽).

Japanese

Shinjitai	鑚
Kyūjitai	鑽

Kanji

鑚

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鑽)

1. alternative form of 鑽 (to start a fire)

Readings

• Go-on: さん (san)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: きり (kiri, 鑚り)、きる (kiru, 鑚る)

Usage notes

This is an extended shinjitai character that was added to JIS X 0208 in 1990.