穴
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cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]
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How 穴 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
The mouth of a cave
How to remember it
hole · Heisig RSH #1070
house + 八 eight + animal legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 穴 as their sound component
These characters all use 穴 (xué) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穴 sound component | xué | cave, den, hole |
| 穿 | chuān | to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear |
Words containing 穴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空穴来风 | kōng xué lái fēng | lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom); fig. unfounded (story); baseless (claim) |
| 空穴来风未必无因 | kòng xué lái fēng wèi bì wú yīn | wind does not come from an empty cave without reason; there's no smoke without fire (idiom… |
| 百会穴 | bǎi huì xué | (TCM) acupuncture point GV-20, located at the top of the head |
| 武穴市 | Wǔ xué Shì | Wuxue, a county-level city in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 八会穴 | bā huì xué | the eight influential points (acupuncture) |
| 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 | bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ | How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing venture… |
| 八风穴 | bā fēng xué | "eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot |
| 太阳穴 | tài yáng xué | temple (on the sides of human head) |
| 穴居人 | xué jū rén | cave man |
| 会阴穴 | huì yīn xué | (TCM) acupuncture point CV-1, located on the perineum |
| 阿是穴 | ā shì xué | (TCM) ashi point: a tender spot that is not a standard acupuncture point |
| 穴头 | xué tou | (show business) promoter |
| 地穴 | dì xué | pit; burrow; crypt |
| 穴道 | xué dào | acupuncture point; acupoint |
| 风穴 | fēng xué | wind cave |
| 空穴 | kòng xué | electron hole (physics) |
| 点穴 | diǎn xué | to hit a pressure point (martial arts); dim mak; see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] |
| 经穴 | jīng xué | acupuncture point (any point on any meridian); category of 12 specific acupuncture points … |
| 印堂穴 | yìn táng xué | yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows |
| 死穴 | sǐ xué | lethal point (acupuncture); vulnerable spot; Achilles' heel |