The Chinese Radical: 穴


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Meaning
cave    穴

Explanation

Used in these characters:
穿
JLPT HSK 2
pierce, pass through, to dress, to wear, to thread
chuān
Top: cavity, hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), below: tusk (= an elephant's head with a tusk )
(Think of sewing your clothes:) You make a hole with a tusk [= the needle] to pierce (e.g. the cloth) such that you can wear it.
JLPT HSK 3
sky, empty, air, in vain, vacant
kōng, kòng
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), bottom: to build, work
When a hole is built (into the ceiling), the empty sky opens.
JLPT HSK 3
to dash, proceed quickly, break through, suddenly

Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), bottom: dog (The big person holds it in the arms)
The cavity is big enough for a dog: It dashes in suddenly.
JLPT HSK 4
window, shutter
chuāng
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), bottom: chimney 囱 (In a room sitting cross-legged under the chimney.)
This hole has the function of a chimney, but it is: a window.
JLPT HSK 4
deep, profound, dark (of color)
shēn
Left: water , right: 罙 (var. or hole , tree )
The water hole at the tree is deep.
JLPT HSK 4
poor, exhausted
qióng
Top: cave, hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), below: strength
If you have a hole in your strength (= possibilities) you are poor.
JLPT HSK 4
to investigate, study carefully, after all
jiū
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), bottom: nine
Hole 'nine' should be investigated.
JLPT HSK 5
to accuse, to charge, to control, to sue
kòng
Left: hand , right: sky 空 (... appears, where a hole is built in.)
The hand, that built the hole, should be: accused.
JLPT HSK 5
narrow, narrow-minded, badly off
zhǎi
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), bottom: suddenly (The saw fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(Unlike an axe, which choppes out a wedge.) The cavity (= slit or notch) made by a saw is narrow.
JLPT HSK 5
curtain, flag used as a shop sig
lián
Top: hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), bottom: cloth/fabric
In front of the hole we put a fabric: The curtain.
JLPT HSK 6
to dig, to excavate, to scoop out

Left: hand , right: 穵 (hole , second [Thenumber 'two' written quickly, without lifting the pen.])
By hand the hole is made by the two of us: by digging.
JLPT HSK 6
cavity of body, compartment, tune, melody, speak out
qiāng
Left:body part /, right: sky, empty 空 (... appears, where a hole is built in.)
The body parts where sth. empty was built in, are the body's cavities.
JLPT HSK 6
hole, cave, cavity, acupuncture point
xué
Top: roof , below: eight or the image of an entrance
It is covered and a narrowing path leads into: the cave.
JLPT HSK 6
nest, lair, shelter, pit on the human body

Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: chat, gossip (A mouth as big as the chest likes gossip.)
It's a cavity , that surrounds , where you can be inside : The nest.
JLPT HSK 6
to steal, secretly
qiè
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: cut (with seven 七 swords )
A hole was cut to steal.
JLPT HSK 6
to explore, to search out, to visit
tàn
Left: hand , right: 罙 (var. of hole , tree )
The hand in the hole of the tree is exploring.
JLPT HSK 6
rare, seldom
hǎn
Top: Variant of hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), bottom: dry (laundry rack)
(Water collects in holes) A hole that is dry is rare and seldom.
JLPT HSK 6
to flee, scuttle, exile or banish
cuàn
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: chain (two pearls on a string, here: foxhole with two caverns and passage)
Into that hole with the two chambers it has fled.
JLPT HSK 6
intelligence, opening, trick/key
qiào
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: skilled 巧 (The craftsman works the seaweed skillfully.)
Whoever builds his cave skillfully, is intelligent.
JLPT HSK 6
to squeeze (out juice), to extract, salted vegetable
zhà
Left: tree , right: narrow 窄 (The opening [= slit/notch] made by a saw is narrow.)
If the tree shall pass through the narrow, it must be squeezed.
JLPT no HSK
to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
kuī
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: rule, regulation 规 (The husband looks /見 after the regulations)
(The penetrant) The holes in the regulations need to be watched on.
JLPT no HSK
hole, convex opening, sth. missing, void
dòu
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold)
(On the sales shelf) The hole is where something was sold: As a hole or void, where sth. is missing.
JLPT no HSK
cave, hole

Top: cave/cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch (The buttock [=butt's crack] comes out when: crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
A hole where you have to crouch, is a cave.
JLPT no HSK
distressed, embarrassed
jiǒng
Left: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), right: monarch/lord (He strikes with a stick in a hand on a mouth )
When you report about the hole to the lord, you are: distressed.
JLPT no HSK
obstruct, blocked, stop up
zhì
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: get to/reach (From the sky an arrow comes to the earth : reaching it.)
The hole was reached and it became: obstructed.
JLPT no HSK
cellar
jiào
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: to announce (cow opens mouth )
If a hole is worth to be announced, then it is a cellar.
JLPT no HSK
precious stone, gem, treasure
chēn
Left: king, jade , right: 罙 (var. of hole , tree
The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone.
JLPT no HSK
domed roof, dome, vaulted
qióng
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: bow
With a cavity that is arched (like a bow): a domed/vaulted roof.
JLPT no HSK
oven, kiln
yáo
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: can (lid and can opener of that can )
At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven.
蹿
JLPT no HSK
to leap up
cuān
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to flee, scuttle 窜 Into that hole [=foxhole] with the two chambers and a passage [the fox] has fled.) [=chain])
When your feet flee [from the ground], you leap up.
窿
JLPT no HSK
cavity, hole
lóng
Top: hole, cavity , below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill with upturned feet, the one life looks intense & prosperous)
A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.
JLPT no HSK
channel, gully, narrow ravine, bed of torrent

Top: 㕡 (Upper left resembles: cavity,hole and valley with other elements showing a channel itself) and hand ), bottom: earth
(So that the water can flow away) A hole for running towards the valley was formed by the hand in the earth as a channel or canal.
JLPT no HSK
profound, mysterious, deep, detailed, distant
suì
Left: movement , right: hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave) and 㒸 (horned pig )
The movement into the hole to the horned pig is profound but mysterious.

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