掘

How to write 掘, stroke by stroke

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What 掘 means

to dig

Pictophonetic: semantic 扌 (hand), phonetic 屈

Made of 扌 + 屈

Words with 掘

• 挖掘wā juéto excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
• 发掘fā juéto excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into
• 挖掘机wā jué jīexcavator
• 掘出jué chūto exhume; to unearth; to dig out
• 掘土机jué tǔ jīexcavator
• 采掘cǎi juéto excavate; to extract (ore)
• 开掘kāi juéto dig; to excavate; (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings
• 挖掘机械wā jué jī xièexcavator; bulldozer
• 掘墓工人jué mù gōng réngrave digger
• 数据挖掘shù jù wā juédata mining
• 自掘坟墓zì jué fén mùto dig one's own grave
• 罗雀掘鼠luó què jué shǔlit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom); fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)

掘 in a sentence

• 我们在地上掘了一个洞。

  wǒ men zài dì shàng jué le yí gè dòng 。

  We dug a hole in the ground.

• 无事掘小，小事掘大。

  wú shì jué xiǎo ， xiǎo shì jué dà 。

  No matter how low the target, always aim higher.

Characters that sound like 掘

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