Memory phrase for the character: 窍

窍

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Meaning intelligence, opening, trick/key

Pronunciation

qiào

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: skilled 巧 (The craftsman 工 works the seaweed 丂 skillfully.)

Mnemonic
 
Whoever builds his cave skillfully, is intelligent.

Radicals

穴 cave
工 work, to buildCross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
丂 winding seaweed
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 Vocabulary

诀窍 jué qiào  secret; trick; knack; key
窍门 qiào mén  a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng  I don't understand a word (idiom); all Greek to me
鬼迷心窍 guǐ mí xīn qiào  lit. devil charms heart tunnel (idiom); infatuated; possessed by a devil
鬼迷心窍 guǐ mí xīn qiào  

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