Memory phrase for the character: 钻

钻

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Meaning to drill, bore, auger, dig into (studies), diamond

Pronunciation

zuān, zuàn

Explanation

Left: metal 钅(=金 covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: fortune telling 占 (here: drill | with handle - over a stone 口)

Mnemonic
 
Made of metal is the drill over the stone: and drills.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
占 divineIt is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.
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 Vocabulary

钻研 zuān yán  to study meticulously; to delve into
钻研 zuān yán  

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