Memory phrase for the character: 窟

窟

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Meaning cave, hole

Pronunciation

kū

Explanation

Top: cave/cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when: crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")

Mnemonic

A hole where you have to crouch, is a cave.

Radicals

穴	cave
屈	stoop, to bow

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Vocabulary

窟窿	kū long	hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt
贫民窟	pín mín kū	slum housing
贫民窟	pín mín kū
贫民窟	pín mín kū

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