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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)

石窟
shíkū
rock cave
魔窟
mókū
lit. nest of devils
窟臀
kūtún
buttocks (dialect)
洞窟
dòngkū
a cave
窟窿
kūlong
hole
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)
龙门石窟
Lóngménshíkū
Longmen grottoes at Luoyang [[洛陽|洛阳<Luòyáng>]], Henan
云冈石窟
Yúngāngshíkū
Yungang caves at Datong [[大同]], Shanxi [[山西]]
狡兔三窟
jiǎotùsānkū
lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows
敦煌石窟
Dūnhuángshíkū
Dunhuang caves in Gansu
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
麦积山石窟
Màijīshānshíkū
Mt Maiji caves at Tianshui [[天水]], Gansu

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Character Frequency Rank
2,923
Word Frequency Rank
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