挖

挖
wa̅ = w + a1
to dig / to excavate / to scoop out
挖 = 扌 + 穵 : Willy Walrus (w) started another excavation (挖) in front of the ashram (a1). This time he wants to take it up a notch and uses a lot of toy claws (扌) to dig (挖) a lot of earth in a short time.

挖 character breakdown

扌
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
穵
wa̅ = w + a1
to dig / to scoop out
穵 = 乙 + 穴 : Willy Walrus (w) earned a silver medal (乙) for carefully scooping out (穵) cave paintings (穴) in front of the ashram (a1).

Characters with 挖 as component

挖 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 挖

挖
挖
掘
掘
机
機
excavator
挖
挖
土
土
机
機
excavator / backhoe
挖
挖
墙
牆
脚
腳
to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something
挖
挖
掘
掘
机
機
械
械
excavator / bulldozer
挖
洞
to dig a hole
挖
浚
to dredge
挖
挖
矿
礦
to dig a mine / mining
挖
穴
to excavate / to dig out a cave
挖
空
to excavate / to hollow
吃
水
不
忘
挖
井
人
see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]
挖
坑
to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project
挖
掉
to dig out / to eradicate

Sentences with 挖

挖 currently does not appear in any sentence.