钻 zuān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 占 to divine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
钻石
zuànshí
diamond
Characters in this word
石 shí
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 钻石的价格并不只由稀缺性决定，也受到品牌叙事和市场操控影响。 Zuànshí de jiàgé bìng bù zhǐ yóu xīquēxìng juédìng, yě shòudào pǐnpái xùshì hé shìchǎng cāokòng yǐngxiǎng. The price of diamonds is not determined only by scarcity; it is also influenced by brand narratives and market manipulation.
- 姐姐结婚时戴着一枚钻石戒指，非常漂亮。 Jiějie jiéhūn shí dàizhe yī méi zuànshí jièzhi, fēicháng piàoliang. At her wedding, my older sister wore a diamond ring; it was very beautiful.
- 天然钻石很贵，人造的便宜得多。 Tiānrán zuànshí hěn guì, rénzào de piányi de duō. Natural diamonds are very expensive; artificial ones are much cheaper.
Related words
- 钻 zuān to drill, to go into
- 钻空子 zuānkòngzi to exploit a loophole
- 钻研 zuānyán to study deeply; to delve into
- 石头 shítou stone
- 石油 shíyóu oil
- 宝石 bǎoshí gemstone
- 化石 huàshí fossil
- 绊脚石 bànjiǎoshí stumbling block; obstacle
- 礁石 jiāoshí reef; rock in the sea
- 水滴石穿 shuǐdīshíchuān constant dripping wears away stone; persistence brings success
- 水落石出 shuǐluòshíchū the truth comes to light
- 岩石 yánshí rock; stone