hollow

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
穴 meaning component

  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

洼 sound component

  Sound component

  

variant of 窪|洼[wā]

Definitions

() 

hollow; pit; depression; swamp; sunken

Most common words with 窪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

sunken

低洼

low-lying

洼地

depression

坑坑洼洼

bumpy

坑洼

pothole