1. 挖
  2. 掘

挖

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  1. 挖 is the 1857th most frequent character.
  2. 挖 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 挖 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 挖 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
挖 => 扌, 穵
Radical :
挖 => 扌 (hand), 穴 (cave), ㇠ (N/A)
Graphical :
挖 => 亅, 二, 冖, 丶, 八, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wa1 - to dig/to excavate/to scoop out

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 挖 (wa1): The component 穵 is pronounced as 'wa1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挖 

Medium Frequency

挖掘 
挖空 
挖苦 

掘

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Meta:

  1. 掘 is the 2207th most frequent character.
  2. 掘 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掘 appears as a character in 6 words.
  4. 掘 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掘 => 扌, 屈
Radical :
掘 => 扌 (hand), 尸 (corpse), 出 (N/A)
Graphical :
掘 => 亅, 二, 丨, 匚, 出

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jue2 - dig

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挖掘 

Medium Frequency

掘 
发掘 (發掘)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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