穴
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
穴 character breakdown
"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 cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to cook in the anthill's kitchen (an2) but she's afraid of the ants. That's why she builds a bunker: she uses a saucepan lid (冖) as the base, constructs pillars out of petals (丶) and uses a graduation cap (宀) as the roof.
eight; 8
Characters with 穴 as component
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
empty / air / sky / in vain
to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
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.
variant of 窗[chuang1]
variant of 窗[chuang1]
window / CL:扇[shan4]
variant of 窗[chuang1]
old variant of 窗[chuang1]
shutter / window / CL:扇[shan4]
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.
to steal / secretly / (humble) I
to flee / to scuttle / to exile or banish / to amend or edit
窜
=
串
+
穴
:
Kitty Cat hat to flee from the terrible regime of Cat Country, and she found refuge in the anthill's bathroom. All she could bring was a plastic bag with her stuff, in fact only a skewer. To make her feel at least a little at home, she covers the bathroom's walls in cave paintings of her skewer.
narrow / narrow-minded / badly off
窄
=
乍
+
穴
:
Mnemonic symbol: a narrow slit of some kind. James II of England (zh) is painting cave paintings (穴) on the walls of the airplane's living room (ai3). He is using a special technique: he pushes the hair of his Mohawk haircut (乍) through a narrow slit (窄) so that when he applies the paint to his hair (to use it as a brush) he doesn't accidentally paint his face.
Words with 穴
"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot
an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows
lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
Sentences with 穴
穴 currently does not appear in any sentence.