Keyword
hole
- opening
- aperture
- Frequency
- #2812
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
qiào
Mnemonic
穴 (hole) gives the meaning and 巧 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
诀窍
secret; trick; knack; key
窍门
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
开窍
to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns
一窍不通
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
窍
hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
心窍
the mind; capacity for clear thinking
鬼迷心窍
to be obsessed; to be possessed
七窍生烟
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
财迷心窍
mad about money (idiom)
七窍
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
九窍
nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)