Chinese symbol for “borehole”
钻井
zuān jǐng
Traditional: 鑽井
to drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole
The closest CC-CEDICT match for borehole is 钻井 (zuān jǐng), defined as: to drill (e.g. for oil); a borehole.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 钻井.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
| 钻研 (鑽研) | zuān yán | to study meticulously; to delve into |
| 钻进 (鑽進) | zuān jìn | to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc) |
| 钻探 (鑽探) | zuān tàn | to conduct exploratory drilling |
| 钻戒 (鑽戒) | zuàn jiè | diamond ring; 只 (zhī) |
| 矿井 (礦井) | kuàng jǐng | a mine; a mine shaft |
| 水井 | shuǐ jǐng | (water) well |
| 油井 | yóu jǐng | oil well |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.