窟
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cave; hole
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How 窟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
穴 (semantic, “cave”) + 屈 (phonetic, qū)
How to remember it
den · Heisig RSH #2360
穴 hole + 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 |
| 掘 | jué | to dig, to excavate |
| 崛 | jué | towering; eminent; a sudden rise |
| 堀 | kū | cave, hole |
Words containing 窟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙门石窟 | Lóng mén Shí kū | Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳[Luo4 yang2], Henan |
| 四大石窟 | sì dà shí kū | the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, … |
| 麦积山石窟 | Mài jī Shān Shí kū | Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu |
| 销金窟 | xiāo jīn kū | money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc) |
| 莫高窟 | Mò gāo kū | Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌, Gansu |
| 云冈石窟 | Yún gāng Shí kū | Yungang Caves at Datong 大同, Shanxi 山西 |
| 贫民窟 | pín mín kū | slum housing |
| 石窟 | shí kū | rock cave; grotto; cliff caves (often with Buddhist statues) |
| 吴哥窟 | Wú gē kū | Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia |
| 洞窟 | dòng kū | a cave |
| 魔窟 | mó kū | lit. nest of devils; place occupied by sinister forces |
| 狡兔三窟 | jiǎo tù sān kū | lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall ba… |
| 敦煌石窟 | Dūn huáng shí kū | Dunhuang caves in Gansu; refers to Mogao caves 莫高石窟[Mo4 gao1 shi2 ku1] |
| 窟窿眼 | kū long yǎn | small hole |
| 窟臀 | kū tún | buttocks (dialect) |
| 窟窿 | kū long | hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt |