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掘
jué
1. to dig
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

掘
jué
to dig, to excavate
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (17)

挖掘
wājué
to excavate
HSK 6
掘出
juéchū
to exhume
掘客
Juékè
Digg (social news website)
采掘
cǎijué
to excavate
发掘
fājué
to excavate
罗掘
luójué
to scrape around for money
开掘
kāijué
to excavate
挖掘机
wājuéjī
excavator
掘土机
juétǔjī
excavator
挖掘机械
wājuéjīxiè
excavator
掘墓工人
juémùgōngrén
grave digger
掘墓鞭尸
juémùbiānshī
to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
数据挖掘
shùjùwājué
data mining
罗雀掘鼠
luóquèjuéshǔ
lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash
临渴掘井
línkějuéjǐng
lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty
自掘坟墓
zìjuéfénmù
to dig one's own grave
吃水不忘掘井人
chīshuǐbùwàngjuéjǐngrén
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,211
Word Frequency Rank
4,832 of 84,292

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