Memory phrase for the character: 窿

窿

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Meaning

cavity, hole

Pronunciation

lóng

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴, below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill 阝 with upturned 夂 feet, the one 一 life 生 looks intense & prosperous)

Mnemonic

A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.

Radicals

穴	cave	It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
阝	hill	This radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
夂	upturned foot	upturned foot or sitting crossed-legged - Do not mistake with the: "hand with a stick": /攴
生	life

Vocabulary

窟窿	kū long	hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt
穹窿	qióng lóng	a dome; a vault; the sky
穹窿	qióng lóng

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