鑿	364A50   22.30	部居	畫數  28	ㄗㄨㄛˋ [zuo4]  (sp. pr. *ㄗㄠˊ [zao2] ).
N	(1)  A chisel: 鑿子 [zuo4zi0]↓. (2)  A socket, mortise: 鑿枘 [zuo4rui4]↓.
V	(1)  To cut a hole in: 鑿孔，鑿個眼兒 ditto; 鑿木 to chisel wood; 鑿牙 knock out a person's teeth; 鑿通 bore through; 鑿破 bore open; 鑿開 ditto. (2)  To polish (rice). (3)  As in 穿鑿附會 make a forced interpretation of text.
Adj	True, accurate, certain: 鑿鑿 [zuo4zuo4]↓.
Words	1.鑿氣 *[zao2qi0], adj., stubborn, obstinate.  2.鑿井 [zuo4jing3], v.i., dig a well.  3.鑿空 [zuo4kong1], v.i., (1)  to open up holes; (2)  to read more than what is meant: 穿鑿附（傅）會 make a forced interpretation of text.  4.鑿木鳥 [zuo4mu4niao3], n., the woodpecker (also wr. 啄木鳥).  5.鑿坏 [zuo4pei2], v.i., dig a hole in the wall.  6.鑿枘 [zuo4rui4], (1)  n., mortise and tenon; (2)  adj., in compatible, ill-fitting (round peg in a square hole).  7.鑿子 *[zao2zi0], n., a chisel.  8.鑿鑿 [zuo4zuo4], adj., (1)  bright and clean: 白石鑿鑿 (AC) spotlessly clean are the white pebbles; (2)  true, accurate: 言之鑿鑿 said to be indisputable, with definite evidence; 鑿鑿可據 certain and reliable, capable of being proved.