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掘
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excavate

HSK 7 N2
Human →Actions
jué
クツ
ほ.る
굴, 궐
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 屈 represents the sound.
Components
扌 hand (side)+ 屈 knuckle under =
掘 excavate
扌 Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
屈 Phonetic component
qū knuckle under
bend, flex
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Notes
Similar Characters
奉 proffer扎 prick扑 strike (simp)扒 pick pockets打 strike扔 throw away払 caress (jp)托 hold up (simp)扛 carry over the shoulder扢 caper扣 button扦 poke扪 stoke (simp)扫 clear (simp)扬 scatter (simp)扭 twist扮 play the part of扯 yank扰 annoy (simp)扳 tug
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
掘
Regular
Modern
Chinese
掘 [jué]
to dig
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
掘 ほり
Hori surname
掘 ぼり
Bori unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (29)
挖掘 [wā​jué] #5,503
to excavate
发掘 [fā​jué] #6,096
to excavate
发掘 [fā​jué] #6,096
to excavate
自掘坟墓 [zì​jué​fén​mù] #17,533
to dig one's own grave
自掘坟墓 [zì​jué​fén​mù] #17,533
to dig one's own grave
挖掘机 [wā​jué​jī] #42,114
excavator
挖掘机 [wā​jué​jī] #42,114
excavator
采掘 [cǎi​jué] #29,716
to excavate
采掘 [cǎi​jué] #29,716
to excavate
开掘 [kāi​jué] #33,463
to excavate
19 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (65)
⭐ 掘る [ほる] #4,356
to dig
⭐ 発掘 [はっくつ] #12,638
excavation
⭐ 採掘 [さいくつ] #14,669
mining
掘り返す [ほりかえす] #15,704
to dig up
掘り起こす [ほりおこす] #15,730
to dig up
掘り出す [ほりだす] #16,956
to dig out
⭐ 根掘り葉掘り [ねほりはほり] #23,536
inquisitively
掘り下げる [ほりさげる] #24,554
to dig down
墓穴を掘る [ぼけつをほる] #24,806
to dig one's own grave
掘り進む [ほりすすむ] #31,364
to burrow through
55 more items
KOREAN WORDS (4)
채굴 #37,714
mining
굴삭기
excavator
굴착
excavation
발굴
excavation; dig