挖
to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,989 U+6316
How 挖 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation
components: 扌 穵
How to remember it
dig · Heisig RSH #2354
fingers + 穴 hole + fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 挖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挖空心思 | wā kōng xīn si | to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains |
| 吃水不忘挖井人 | chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rén | see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2] |
| 挖土机 | wā tǔ jī | excavator; backhoe |
| 耳挖子 | ěr wā zi | earpick; curette |
| 挖鼻子 | wā bí zi | to pick one's nose |
| 挖机 | wā jī | excavator; excavating machine (abbr. for 挖掘機|挖掘机[wa1 jue2 ji1]) |
| 挖开 | wā kāi | to dig into; to cut a mine into |
| 开挖 | kāi wā | to dig out; to excavate; to scoop out; to start digging |
| 挖空 | wā kōng | to excavate; to hollow |
| 挖角 | wā jué | to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiw… |
| 挖泥船 | wā ní chuán | dredger |
| 挖墙脚 | wā qiáng jiǎo | to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something |
| 耳挖 | ěr wā | earpick; curette |
| 挖苦 | wā kǔ | to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wa1 ku5] |
| 深挖 | shēn wā | to dredge |
| 挖肉补疮 | wā ròu bǔ chuāng | to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse … |
| 数据挖掘 | shù jù wā jué | data mining |
| 挖洞 | wā dòng | to dig a hole |
| 挖掉 | wā diào | to dig out; to eradicate |
| 挖矿 | wā kuàng | to mine ore or minerals; (computing) to mine cryptocurrency |