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窟
kū
1. cave
2. hole
Common • Top 10% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

窟
kū
hole, cave; cellar; underground
13 丶

Compound Words (15)

洞窟
dòngkū
a cave
石窟
shíkū
rock cave
窟窿
kūlong
hole
窟臀
kūtún
buttocks (dialect)
魔窟
mókū
lit. nest of devils
吴哥窟
Wúgēkū
Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia
莫高窟
Mògāokū
Mogao caves in Dunhuang [[敦煌]], Gansu
贫民窟
pínmínkū
slum housing
销金窟
xiāojīnkū
money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc)
四大石窟
sìdàshíkū
Four great caves, namely: Longmen grottoes [[龍門石窟|龙门石窟<Lóngménshíkū>]] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang caves [[雲岡石窟|云冈石窟<Yúngāngshíkū>]] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao caves [[莫高窟<Mògāokū>]] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji caves [[麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟<Màijīshānshíkū>]] at Tianshui, Gansu
敦煌石窟
Dūnhuángshíkū
Dunhuang caves in Gansu
狡兔三窟
jiǎotùsānkū
lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
云冈石窟
Yúngāngshíkū
Yungang caves at Datong [[大同]], Shanxi [[山西]]
龙门石窟
Lóngménshíkū
Longmen grottoes at Luoyang [[洛陽|洛阳<Luòyáng>]], Henan
麦积山石窟
Màijīshānshíkū
Mt Maiji caves at Tianshui [[天水]], Gansu

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