to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is studying intensively (钻) a yellow umbrella (占) in front of the anthill (an1) by drilling (钻) holes into it using a golden harpoon (钅).
an auger / diamond

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is dressing up in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He completes his luxurious outfit with a golden harpoon (钅) and a bejeweled (钻) yellow umbrella (占).

鑽 character breakdown

to patronize / to support / to praise / (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)

= + : The two FLOTUS (兟) visit Zorro (z) in the anthill's bathroom (an4) and as they see that he lost his rapier and has to fight with a crab (贝) as a weapon instead, they decide instantaneously to become his patrons (赞) and to pay him $1 for each defeated villain.
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.

= + : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.

= + : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.

Characters with 鑽 as component

鑽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 鑽

to drill (e.g. for oil) / a borehole
crafty / tricky
gimlet / hand drill
hand drill with a crank handle
pneumatic drill
lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)
treasure of spirits / Silmarillion or Quenta Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金
auger / gimlet / screwdriver (cocktail)
blood diamond / conflict diamond
impact drill / hammer drill
lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity

Sentences with 鑽

鑽 currently does not appear in any sentence.