qiào
hole
Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 竅
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
hole | ||
secret | ||
a trick | ||
it's all Greek to me | ||
to get it straight |
Sources