xué

cave

Depicts a cave opening.

Evolution

穴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
穴 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
穴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xué

cave, den, hole; KangXi radical 116; cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xuè]

Most common words with 穴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

cave

洞穴

cave

穴位

acupuncture point

巢穴

lair

墓穴

tomb

Component uses

Meaning component in 47 characters (7 verified)

穿 窿

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤi[t]

hwet

xué

cave, pit


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.1509% of movies

2152nd most common character in movies

1940th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+7A74

Shuowen

“穴,土室也。从宀,八聲。”


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