jué
dig
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 屈 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 掘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to dig | ||
to excavate | ||
to dig | ||
to dig one's own grave | ||
excavator |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ut | gjut | jué | dig out (earth) |
*[g]ot | gjwot | jué | dig out (earth) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.9609% of movies
2073rd most common character in movies
2212th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+6398 |
Shuowen | “，搰也。从手，屈聲。” |
Sources
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