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竇
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窦
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hole

HSK 10
Human →Body
dòu
トウ、トク
あな
두
To buy someone off 賣; a nose-hole 穴
Components
Traditional (竇)
穴 hole+ 賣 sell =
竇 hole
穴 Meaning component
xué hole
cave, den, hole
賣 Meaning component
sell
Simplified (窦)
穴 hole+ 卖 betray =
窦 surname
穴 Meaning component
xué hole
cave, den, hole
卖 Meaning component
mài betray
sell
Notes
Similar Characters
奂 numerous (simp)奐 be numerous (trad)突 abruptly (jp)罙 deep (iii)屄 the vagina帘 flag (simp)穵 deep hollow究 research穷 destitute (simp)穸 the gloom of穹 high and vast空 empty穿 pass through窀 to bury窃 pilfer (jp)窄 strait窅 far窆 to put a窈 secluded窍 opening (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
竇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
窦 / 竇 [Dòu]
surname Dou
窦 / 竇 [dòu]
hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
竇 とう
Tou surname
CHINESE WORDS (22)
鼻窦炎 [bí​dòu​yán] #40,203
sinusitis
鼻窦 [bí​dòu] #47,050
paranasal sinus
疑窦 [yí​dòu] #40,866
(literary) doubts
情窦初开 [qíng​dòu​chū​kāi] #41,267
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
利玛窦 [Lì​Mǎ​dòu] #48,699
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
额窦 [é​dòu] #55,816
frontal sinus
情窦 [qíng​dòu] #61,398
(lit.) love aperture
狗窦 [gǒu​dòu] #67,852
dog hole
鼻旁窦 [bí​páng​dòu] #70,698
paranasal sinus
乳突窦 [rǔ​tū​dòu] #72,451
mastoid antrum (bones at the back of tympanic chamber)
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