穴

xué = xu + e2

cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]

穴 = 八 + 宀 : Xu Xian presents his newest piece of art: Cave paintings painted on a gigantic eight-ball. Somehow he managed to set it up inside the elevators entrance. For his great artistic achievement, he gained a honorary doctor, and proudly wears his hard earned graduation cap.

穴 character breakdown

穴
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 宀
  - 丶
  - 冖

宀

mián = mi + an2

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

宀 = 丶 + 冖 : Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character look like a graduation cap (宀). Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to go to the anthill after her graduation from university. In the anthill's kitchen (an2), her friends snatch away her graduation cap (宀), and instead put a cooking top (冖) and a petal leaf (丶) on her head.

八

ba̅ = b + a1

eight; 8

八 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: an eight-ball.

Beelzebub (b-) wants to find new ways to lure people into playing pool billiard. To this end he is meditating on top of an eight-ball (八) in front of the Ashram (a1). He uses a finger (㇏) and a banana (丿) as incense to create the right atmosphere.

Characters with 穴 as component

穿

chua̅n = chu + an1

to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread

穿 = 牙 + 穴 : In front of the anthill, Chantal Chicken set up a huge wisdom tooth. She is piercing and drilling a lot of holes into it, which in turns she paints with cave paintings. All of it is part of her current art performance.

空

kòng = ku + (e)ng4

to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time

空

ko̅ng = ku + (e)ng1

empty / air / sky / in vain

空 = 工 + 穴 : Mnemonic symbol: an air conditioner

空 = 工 + 穴 : In front of the engine, Karl Koala found some very special cave paintings. Using steel beams he constructs a protective cover. He also installs air conditioning to make the best environment possible to preserve the cave paintings.

突

tu̅ = tu + Ø1

to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]

突 = 犬 + 穴 : Tommy Turtle (tu) is painting cave paintings (穴) onto the saint bernard dog (犬) while he is sleeping in front of the space station (Ø1), but suddenly (突) the saint bernard dog wakes up and dashes (突) at Tommy Turtle after he quickly finds out what Tommy did to him.

究

jiu̅ = ji + ou1

after all / to investigate / to study carefully / Taiwan pr. [jiu4]

究 = 九 + 穴 : Joan of Arc (ji) is carefully studying (究) cave paintings (穴) that have appeared over night in front of the outhouse (ou1) using mass spectrometry. She carves off a little of the paintings and puts them in the mass spectrometer. As it emits a huge cloud nine (九), the spectrometer shows on the display that the main component is love.

窗

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

window / CL:扇[shan4]

窗

牎

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

old variant of 窗[chuang1]

窗

牕

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

variant of 窗[chuang1]

窗

窓

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

variant of 窗[chuang1]

窗

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

shutter / window / CL:扇[shan4]

窗 = 囱 + 穴 : Chantal Chicken (chu) finds that there is a new chimney (囱) in front if the anglepod (ang1). The chimney surprisingly has a window (窗), and as Chantal opens it she finds that there are cave paintings (穴) in the chimney.

窗

窻

chua̅ng = chu + ang1

variant of 窗[chuang1]

穷

窮

qióng = qu + (e)ng2

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

穷 = 力 + 穴 : Cupid (qu) exhausted (穷) his bank account and is very poor (穷). He has nowhere to go and nothing to do anymore. In the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) he creates a big cave painting (穴) out of boredom. Idly he paints a big power button (力) wishing that upon hitting it, money would rain down on him.

帘

lián = li + an2

flag used as a shop sign / variant of 簾|帘[lian2]

帘 = 巾 + 穴 : Li Qingzhao (li) is creating a new flag to be used by the anthill as a shop sign (帘). She's painting very beautiful cave paintings (穴) on a towel (巾) just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The owner is skeptic about his anthill being a cave or not, but he likes the flag anyway.