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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kū | ku1
English translation
hole, cave; cellar; underground

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About 窟 kū

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

窟 kū

Contains the radical

穴 xué

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

cave

Etymology of 窟 kū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱穴屈

Semantic compound

穴 xué

Phonetic compound

屈 Qū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 xué represents the meaning and 屈 Qū represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 窟 kū

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住 zhù 在 zài 贫民窟 pín mín kū 里 lǐ 的 de 这些 zhè xiē 人 rén 生活 shēnghuó 多 duō 可怜 kělián 呀 ya !

What a wretched existence these people lead in the slums!

现 xiàn 在 zài ,他 tā 正衔着 zhāo 旱烟管,扒 bā 在 zài 洞窟 dòng kū 随手 suíshǒu 捡 jiǎn 翻 fān .

With a pipe in his mouth , Taoist Wang jumbled through his new discoveries in the cave.

这个 zhè ge 贫民窟 pín mín kū 里 lǐ 的 de 人们 rén men 过 Guò 着 zhāo 多么 duōme 令人 lìng rén 悲惨 bēicǎn 的 de 生活 shēnghuó 啊 ā !

What a wretched existence the people in the slum lead!

最后 zuìhòu 我 wǒ 把 bǎ 这 zhè 件 jiàn 旧 jiù 外套 wài tào 的 de 肘部磨 mó 出 chū 了 le 窟窿 kū long .

I've worn through the elbow of this old coat at last.

Words with 窟 kū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贫民窟 pín mín kū slum housing貧民窟
窟 kū cave窟 kū
窟窿 kū long hole窟窿 kū long
石窟 shí kū rock cave石窟 shí kū
洞窟 dòng kū a cave洞窟 dòng kū
莫高窟 Mò gāo kū Mogao caves in Dunhuang 敦煌 Dūn huáng , Gansu莫高窟 Mò gāo kū
魔窟 mó kū lit. nest of devils魔窟 mó kū
龙门石窟 Lóng mén Shí kū Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳 Luò yáng [Luò​yáng], Henan龍門石窟
吴哥窟 Wú gē kū Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia吳哥窟
云冈石窟 Yún gāng Shí kū Yungang Caves at Datong 大同 Dà tóng , Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 雲岡石窟
敦煌石窟 Dūn huáng shí kū Dunhuang caves in Gansu敦煌石窟 Dūn huáng shí kū
狡兔三窟 jiǎo tù sān kū lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows狡兔三窟 jiǎo tù sān kū
销金窟 xiāo jīn kū money squandering establishment (e.g. gambling den, brothel etc)銷金窟
窟窿眼 kū long yǎn small hole窟窿眼 kū long yǎn
四大石窟 sì dà shí kū the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟 Lóng mén Shí kū [Lóng​mén​Shí​kū] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟 Yún gāng Shí kū [Yún​gāng​Shí​kū] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟 Mò gāo kū [Mò​gāo​kū] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟 Mài jī Shān Shí kū [Mài​jī​Shān​Shí​kū] at Tianshui, Gansu四大石窟 sì dà shí kū

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