Refers to various hand-operated boring tools used in woodworking, leatherwork, and similar crafts. The exact English term depends on the tool's shape and use.
The carpenter drilled a hole in the board with a gimlet.
bow drill
pump drill; bow drill
awl (shoemaker's)
tailspin; spin · drilling; boring
Standard kanji spelling for a hand-operated boring tool.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not well known.
The kanji 錐 is a phono-semantic compound with 金 (metal) and 隹 (phonetic component). The reading きり is a native Japanese word for a boring tool.