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
苦
to speak sarcastically / to make cutting remarks / also pr. [wa1 ku5]
挖
空
心
思
to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains
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
肉
肉
补
補
疮
瘡
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
挖
空
to excavate / to hollow
挖
角
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors) / to raid (a competitor for its talent) / Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]
挖
挖
开
開
to dig into / to cut a mine into
挖
鼻
子
to pick one's nose
数
數
据
據
挖
挖
掘
掘
data mining
深
挖
to dredge

Sentences with 挖

挖 currently does not appear in any sentence.