挖 — Chinese character
挖
wā
to dig, to excavate
- Pinyin
- wā
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 扌 穵
- Formation
- ideographic — To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 挖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挖掘 | wā jué | to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into |
| 开挖 (開挖) | kāi wā | to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging |
| 挖掘机 (挖掘機) | wā jué jī | excavator; excavating machine |
| 挖苦 | wā kǔ | to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks |
| 挖矿 (挖礦) | wā kuàng | to mine ore or minerals; (computing) to mine cryptocurrency |
| 挖洞 | wā dòng | to dig a hole |
| 深挖 | shēn wā | to dredge |
| 挖坑 | wā kēng | to dig a hole; (fig.) to make things difficult for sb |
| 数据挖掘 (數據挖掘) | shù jù wā jué | data mining |
| 挖角 | wā jué | to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent) |
| 挖掉 | wā diào | to dig out; to eradicate |
| 挖开 (挖開) | wā kāi | to dig into; to cut a mine into |
English words written with 挖
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.