掘
to dig
11 strokes
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How 掘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 屈 (phonetic, qū)
How to remember it
excavate · Heisig RSH #2144
fingers + 屈 knuckle under
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 屈
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 屈 (qū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屈 sound component | qū | to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched |
| 窟 | kū | hole, cave; cellar; underground |
| 崛 | jué | towering; eminent; a sudden rise |
| 堀 | kū | cave, hole |
Words containing 掘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃水不忘掘井人 | chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén | Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom) |
| 掘土机 | jué tǔ jī | excavator |
| 罗雀掘鼠 | luó què jué shǔ | (lit.) to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom); (fig.) to try every possible means of obt… |
| 掘墓工人 | jué mù gōng rén | grave digger |
| 发掘 | fā jué | to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into |
| 掘出 | jué chū | to exhume; to unearth; to dig out |
| 开掘 | kāi jué | to dig; to excavate; (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings |
| 罗掘 | luó jué | to scrape together money (abbr. for 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠[luo2 que4 jue2 shu3]) |
| 数据挖掘 | shù jù wā jué | data mining |
| 掘客 | Jué kè | Digg (social news website) |
| 挖掘机 | wā jué jī | excavator; excavating machine |
| 临渴掘井 | lín kě jué jǐng | lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last mi… |
| 挖掘机械 | wā jué jī xiè | excavator; bulldozer |
| 自掘坟墓 | zì jué fén mù | to dig one's own grave |
| 采掘 | cǎi jué | to excavate; to extract (ore) |
| 掘墓鞭尸 | jué mù biān shī | to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom) |
| 挖掘 | wā jué | to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into |