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jué Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jué | jue2
English translation
to dig
to dig, to excavate

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About jué

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

jué

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of jué

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌屈

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jué

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树干 shù gàn de nóng Yīn rén 交叉 jiāochā de Shuāng tuǐ 放开 fàng kāi , yòng 脚趾 jiǎo zhǐ jué zhāo 泥土 ní tǔ .

The man in the absolute shade uncrossed his legs and dug with toes at the earth.

gěi de le 好几 hǎo jǐ dòng excavation zhǐ 挖掘 wājué 的洞”,:

The dentist filled several cavities in my teeth.

他们 tā men 正在 zhèngzài jué chú 杂草 zá cǎo .

They are grubbing up weeds.

méi xiàng 快速 kuài sù jué jìn yǒu 综掘 bāo jué 两种方法 fāngfǎ .

Coal lane driving includes complex driving and blasting driving.

shì 田野 tiányě gōu pàn 挖掘 wājué 猪食 de 草料 cǎo liào .

She went to the fields and channels for digging the fodders for pigs.

Words with jué

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
挖掘 wājué to dig挖掘 wājué
发掘 fā jué to excavate發掘
jué to dig jué
自掘坟墓 zì jué fén mù to dig one's own grave自掘墳墓
挖掘机 wā jué jī excavator挖掘機
采掘 cǎi jué to excavate採掘
开掘 kāi jué to excavate開掘
掘土机 jué tǔ jī excavator掘土機
临渴掘井 lín kě jué jǐng lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty臨渴掘井
掘墓鞭尸 jué mù biān shī to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)掘墓鞭屍
罗雀掘鼠 luó què jué shǔ on the verge of bankruptcy羅雀掘鼠

jué Decomposition & Compounds

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jué Decomposition

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