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 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.

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

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.

窃

竊

qiè = qi + e4

to steal / secretly / (humble) I

窃 = 切 + 穴 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is stealing (窃) the cave paintings (穴) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) by cutting (切) them off the wall.

窜

竄

cuàn = cu + an4

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.

窥

窺

kui̅ = ku + ei1

to peep / to pry into

窥 = 穴 + 规 : Following his compass (规) looking for cave paintings (穴), Karl Koala (ku) arrived at the front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1). He peeks (窥) at every small scratch of the stainless steel base without ever realizing at what magnificent building he has arrived.