Keyword
to dig
- to excavate
- Frequency
- #1906
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 屈 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
发掘
to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into
挖掘
to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into
掘
to dig
挖掘机
excavator; excavating machine
采掘
to excavate; to extract (ore)
开掘
to dig; to excavate; (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings
数据挖掘
data mining
自掘坟墓
to dig one's own grave
掘出
to exhume; to unearth; to dig out