| záo | chisel/mortise (hole in wood for joint)/certain |
| zuò | mortise (hole in wood for joint)/certain |
| 凿 | chisel to bore a hole to chisel or dig |
| 凿井 | to dig a well |
| 凿冰 | to make a hole in the ice |
| 凿凿 | certain; true; verified |
| 凿子 | chisel |
| 凿孔 | perforate; punching; scuttle |
| 凿密 | fuller; fullering; calk |
| 凿岩 | rock drilling; rock lifting |
| 凿岩机 | charge; gadder; jackdrill; hammer drill; pulsator jig; percussion borer; drill rig; bore hammer; drill carriage; drill jumbo; drill hammer; plugger; hammerdrill; rock drilling machine; rock drill |
| 凿枘 | to fit like mortise and tenon |
| 凿死理儿 | obstinate; stubborn; dogged |
| 凿眼 | To drill a hole with a chisel. |
| 凿石场 | rock quarry |
| 凿石锤 | bush hammer; boucharde |
| 凿空 | to open an aperture (extended meaning) to cut a way through to open up a road |