hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)

竅 character breakdown

surname Jiao

= + + : Joan of Arc has been playing her new ancient musical instrument day and night in the aorta, until her neighbors couldn't stand it anymore. They captured her in a square and threaten to destroy her ancient musical instrument with a sledgehammer shouldn't she cease to play it. Joan of Arc has no choice but to wave a white flag in defeat.
bright / glittery / Taiwan pr. [jiao4]

= + + : Joan of Arc has been playing her new ancient musical instrument day and night in the aorta, until her neighbors couldn't stand it anymore. They captured her in a square and threaten to destroy her ancient musical instrument with a sledgehammer shouldn't she cease to play it. Joan of Arc has no choice but to wave a white flag in defeat.
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]

= + : 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.

Characters with 竅 as component

竅 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 竅

secret / trick / knack / key
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns
to be obsessed / to be possessed
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
the mind / capacity for clear thinking
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
unable to understand / can't get the point

Sentences with 竅

竅 currently does not appear in any sentence.