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Information of 穴

Pinyinxué、 xuàn

Radical

穴

Strokes

5 strokes

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Definition

hole / cave

穴 [xué]1. Cave; hole:孔～. 石～. ～居. ～隙. 龙潭虎～. (Examples: hole in the ground, rock cavity, dwelling hole, cave gap, the lair of a dragon or tiger) 2. Acupuncture point: 人体可以进行针灸的部位，多为神经末梢密集或较粗的神经干经过的地方. (Acupuncture points on the human body, mainly located where nerve endings are dense or thicker nerve bundles pass through) 3. Place occupied by performers in public: 旧艺人称在市场或广场上表演时所占的一块地方. (In ancient times, this referred to the space occupied by street performers when performing in markets or squares) 4. Surname: 姓. (A surname)本义: 土窟窿，地洞 (Original meaning: earth hollow, cave) 造字法: 象形。小篆字形，上面是“宀”，表覆盖物;下面两边表示洞孔。 (Character formation: Pictographic. In the small seal script, the top part represents a covering while the lower sides represent holes.) 1. Same as the original meaning (cave; hole) 2. Coffin pit; open grave 3. Den (animal's home) 4. Lair (a place where enemies or traitors hide and take refuge) 5. Tunnel 6. Water course 7. Acupuncture point; acupoint, referring to locations on the human body used in acupuncture 引: 1. Noun: 土窟窿，地洞. "《说文》：穴，土室也。按，象嵌空之形，非八字。” (From "Shuo Wen": "穴, a soil chamber. Note: it is shaped like a hollow, not in the figure of '八'.") 3. "宋·王安石《游褒禅山记》：有穴窈然，入之甚寒。" (From Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi, "Travel to Baochan Mountain": "There is a cave, it is very cold upon entering.") Examples: 洞穴 (cave or mountain cave), 穴人 (someone who collects stalactites in caves), 穴流 (water flow in a cave) 8. Live in caves 9. Dig; pierce 引: "《墨子·备穴》：穴土而入。" (From "Mozi": "Digging into the ground to enter.") Examples: 穴矛 (tools for digging tunnels), 穴垣 (digging holes in walls), 穴胃 (piercing stomach walls) 名: 1. Human habitat in earthen rooms. 2. Cave, generally referring to pits or holes on the ground or in structures. 如: "洞穴", "幽穴", "岩穴". 3. Grave; burial pit 如: "墓穴”. 4. Nest; den 如: "巢穴", "兔穴". 5. In traditional Chinese medicine, key points where meridians converge, mainly dense nerve endings or thicker nerve fibers pass through 如: "穴道", "经穴". 动: 1. To dig or bore. "《墨子·备穴》："每见古人登卫，又可喻我当攻者，善于挖掘而入，捆柱施火以坏吾城."

墓穴 mù xué

tomb / grave

巢穴 cháo xué

lair / nest / den / hideout

大椎穴 dà chuí xué

dazhui point

洞穴 dòng xué

cave / cavern

龙潭虎穴 lóng tán hǔ xué

a extremely dangerous place

穴道 xué dào

acupuncture point / acupoint

武穴市 Wǔ xué shì

Wuxue county level city in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], Hubei

穴位 xué wèi

acupuncture point

点穴 diǎn xué

to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4]

太阳穴 tài yáng xué

temple (on the sides of human head)

腧穴 shù xué

acupuncture point

空穴 kòng xué

electron hole (physics)

穴居 xué jū

to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit

地穴 dì xué

pit / burrow / crypt

空穴来风 kōng xué lái fēng

lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim)

虎穴 hǔ xué

tiger's den / a tiger's cave-- a dangerous place

取穴 qǔ xué

acupoint selection

孔穴 kǒng xué

aperture / hole / cavity

岩穴 yán xué

grotto / cave

半地穴式 bàn dì xué shì

Semi-crypt

竖穴墓 shù xué mù

Tomb

蚁穴 yǐ xué

ant colony

Input Method for 穴

Pinyinxue2

Wubi

pwu

Cangjie

jc

Zhengma

wo

Four Corner

30802

Unicode

U+7a74

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