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窍

qiào

hole, opening, aperture

🔤 Pictophonetic: 穴 (hole) provides meaning, 巧 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 10 strokes Uncommon (30%)
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Component Breakdown

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穴
xué
cave, den, hole
巧
qiǎo
skillful, ingenious, clever
⿱穴巧 i

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Component Tree i

xué
穴
cave, den, hole
📷 Pictographic: The mouth of a cave
5 strokes HSK 6
qiǎo
巧
skillful, ingenious, clever
🔤 Pictophonetic: 工 (work) provides meaning, 丂 provides pronunciation
5 strokes HSK 4

Words Using 窍 (14)

qiàomén
窍门 ↗
HSK 6
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
qiào
窍 ↗
hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
juéqiào
诀窍 ↗
secret / trick / knack / key
kāiqiào
开窍 ↗
to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns
qiàoménr
窍门儿 ↗
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
yīqiàobùtōng
一窍不通 ↗
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me
qīqiào
七窍 ↗
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
qīqiàoshēngyān
七窍生烟 ↗
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
bùkāiqiào
不开窍 ↗
unable to understand / can't get the point
jiǔqiào
九窍 ↗
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
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