鑽 — kanji meaning “make fire by rubbing sticks”
鑽
make fire by rubbing sticks
- Meanings
- make fire by rubbing sticks
- On'yomi
- サン (san)
- Kun'yomi
- き.る
- Strokes
- 27
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- zuàn, zuān, zuǎn — Chinese character page
Words with 鑽
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 研鑽 | けんさん kensan | diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies |
| 鑽孔機 | さんこうき sankouki | boring machine; punching machine; perforator |
| 鑽孔 | さんこう sankou | boring; punching |
| 鑽る | きる kiru | to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone) |
| 自己研鑽 | じこけんさん jikokensan | self-improvement |
| 火鑽 | ひきり hikiri | hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire |
| 試鑽 | しさん shisan | boring; drilling |
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