Chinese symbol for “scuttle”
凿沉
záo chén
Traditional: 鑿沉
to scuttle (a ship)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scuttle is 凿沉 (záo chén), defined as: to scuttle (a ship).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scuttle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自沉 | zì chén | to scuttle (a ship); to drown oneself |
| 窜 (竄) | cuàn | to flee; to scuttle |
| 舷窗 | xián chuāng | porthole; scuttle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凿沉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开凿 (開鑿) | kāi záo | to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc) |
| 确凿 (確鑿) | què záo | definite; conclusive |
| 凿井 (鑿井) | záo jǐng | to dig a well |
| 凿子 (鑿子) | záo zi | chisel |
| 凿岩 (鑿岩) | záo yán | (rock) drilling |
| 言之凿凿 (言之鑿鑿) | yán zhī záo záo | (idiom) to speak with conviction |
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy; hard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scuttle”.
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.