Chinese Character Wiki
穴

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

穴  

xué

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

Most common words with 穴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

穴

cave

洞穴

cave

穴位

acupuncture point

巢穴

lair

墓穴

tomb

Component uses

Meaning component in 47 characters (8 verified)

空 究 穿 窗 穷 窮 窄 邃 窝 窩 窃 竊 窑 窯 帘 竄 窜 竈 窥 窺 窦 竇 窟 窘 窍 竅 窪 窒 窖 穹 窿 窠 窈 窕 窣 窸 窀 窨 窳 窭 穸 窆 窬 窾 窅 穵 屄

Iconic component in 4 characters (4 verified)

突 奂 奐 罙

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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