穴 (xué) — cave; den; hole; grave
Definition
noun
cavedenholegrave
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 。Zhè ge dòng xué lǐ zhù zhe yì zhī xióng.A bear lives in this cave.
- 穴。Qiáng shàng yǒu yí gè xiǎo kǒng xué.There is a small hole in the wall.
- 穴。Kǎo gǔ xué jiā fā xiàn le yí gè gǔ mù xué.Archaeologists discovered an ancient grave.
Origin
Pictograph六书liùshū
象形xiàngxíngA drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.
穴 possibly comes from a picture of a cave entrance or a door flap, matching meanings such as cave and hole.
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