穴 — Chinese character
穴
xué
cave, den, hole
- Pinyin
- xué
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 宀 八
- Formation
- pictographic — The mouth of a cave
- Japanese
- 穴 as a kanji
Common words with 穴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洞穴 | dòng xué | cave; cavern |
| 巢穴 | cháo xué | lair; nest |
| 墓穴 | mù xué | tomb; grave |
| 穴位 | xué wèi | acupuncture point; location of a grave |
| 点穴 (點穴) | diǎn xué | to hit a pressure point (martial arts); dim mak |
| 空穴来风 (空穴來風) | kōng xué lái fēng | lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom); fig. unfounded (story) |
| 太阳穴 (太陽穴) | tài yáng xué | temple (on the sides of human head) |
| 穴居 | xué jū | to live in a cave; (of animals) to be of burrowing habit |
| 空穴 | kòng xué | electron hole (physics) |
| 穴道 | xué dào | acupuncture point; acupoint |
| 腧穴 | shù xué | acupuncture point |
| 地穴 | dì xué | pit; burrow |
English words written with 穴
穴 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 3 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 10
- Hexagram 5
- Hexagram 62
- Mencius 3B.3
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Kêng Sang Ch’u
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