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窍
竅
qiào
1. hole
2. opening
3. orifice (of the human body)
4. (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

窍
qiào
hole, opening, aperture
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (13)

诀窍
juéqiào
secret
七窍
qīqiào
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
开窍
kāiqiào
to get it straight
心窍
xīnqiào
the mind
窍门
qiàomén
a trick
HSK 6
九窍
jiǔqiào
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
不开窍
bùkāiqiào
unable to understand
窍门儿
qiàoménr
a trick
鬼迷心窍
guǐmíxīnqiào
to be obsessed
七窍生烟
qīqiàoshēngyān
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
财迷心窍
cáimíxīnqiào
mad about money (idiom)
灵魂出窍
línghúnchūqiào
out-of-body experience
一窍不通
yīqiàobùtōng
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,019
Word Frequency Rank
3,462 of 84,292

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