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xué = xu + e2
cave / cavity / hole / acupuncture point / Taiwan pr. [xue4]
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How to pronounce 穴

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xu initial

Xu is for Xu Xian.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

穴 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= b + a1
eight; 8
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mián = mi + an2
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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Characters with 穴 as component

xué = xu + e2
to store grain by enclosing it in a woven mat rolled into a vertical cylinder
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= yu + Ø4
(of a bird) to fly swiftly / to swoop
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= yu + Ø4
old variant of 鴥[yu4]
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Words with 穴

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(of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues
electron hole (physics)
to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4]

Sentences with 穴

穴 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xué

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

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