鑽

zuān

to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into

How to write 鑽, stroke by stroke

zuān: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
zuàn: drill; auger; diamond

Pictophonetic: semantic 釒 (metal), phonetic 贊

Made of 釒 + 贊

鑽石zuàn shídiamond
鑽進zuān jìnto get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into
鑽頭zuàn tóudrill bit
鑽井zuān jǐngto drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole
鑽戒zuàn jièdiamond ring
鑽研zuān yánto study meticulously; to delve into
鑽洞zuān dòngto bore; to burrow; to crawl through a tunnel
鑽探zuān tànto conduct exploratory drilling
鑽孔zuān kǒngto bore a hole; to drill; drilled hole
鑽牛角尖zuān niú jiǎo jiānlit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley; to split hairs
鑽床zuàn chuángdrilling machine; drill press
鑽機zuàn jīdrilling machine

這可能不是真的鑽石。
zhè kě néng bú shì zhēn de zuān shí 。
This may not be a real diamond.
這可能不是一顆真的鑽石。
zhè kě néng bú shì yì kē zhēn de zuān shí 。
This may not be a real diamond.
灰塵鑽進了我的一隻眼睛。
huī chén zuān jìn le wǒ de yì zhī yǎn jīng 。
Dust got into one of my eyes.
我窘得想找個洞鑽進去。
wǒ jiǒng dé xiǎng zhǎo gè dòng zuān jìn qù 。
I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.
我覺得這鑽石戒指太奢侈了。
wǒ jué dé zhè zuān shí jiè zhǐ tài shē chǐ le 。
This diamond ring is too extravagant for me.