锥
zhuī

gimlet

锥 (錐) zhuī
bore verb
to pierce or make a hole using a sharp, pointed tool

他在厚木板上锥了一个眼儿。

tā zài hòu mù​bǎn shàng zhuī le yī gè yǎn'er.

He bored a hole in the thick wooden board with an awl.

cone noun
a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers from a base to a point

这个交通标志的形状像个圆锥。

zhè gè jiāo​tōng biāo​zhì de xíng​zhuàng xiàng gè yuán zhuī.

This traffic sign is shaped like a cone.

awl noun
a small pointed tool used for piercing holes in materials like leather or wood

他用一把小锥子在皮带上扎了个孔。

tā yòng yī bǎ xiǎo zhuī​zi zài pí​dài shàng zhā le gè kǒng.

He used a small awl to poke a hole in the belt.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,064th most common 8.98 per million
Movie subtitles
3,314th most common 2.03 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.950 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
4.46 per million

Details
Traditional
錐
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+9525

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)