挖掘
wā jué
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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wā jué · waat3 gwat6 (Jyutping)
- to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
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Character breakdown
挖
- Meaning
- dig, dig out, gouge out, scoop
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰扌穵
- Cangjie
- QJCN
- Four-corner
- 5301.7
掘
- Meaning
- dig, excavate; excavate cave
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿰扌屈
- Cangjie
- QSUU
- Four-corner
- 5707.2
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