掘

jué

屈 + 扌

Definitions

jué (verb) to dig; to excavate

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 屈 represents the sound.

Semantic: 扌 Phonetic: 屈

About

The character 掘 is a phono-semantic compound with the hand radical 扌 on the left, indicating a manual action. The right side, 屈, serves as the phonetic component while also contributing the semantic idea of bending or crouching. Together, these elements depict the physical posture of bending while digging, leading to the meaning of excavating or unearthing the ground.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

工人们正在挖掘土壤。

Gōngrénmen zhèngzài wājué tǔrǎng.

The workers are digging the soil.

他用铲子掘了一个坑。

Tā yòng chǎnzi juéle yīgè kēng.

He dug a hole with a shovel.

这条沟是昨天掘的。

Zhè tiáo gōu shì zuótiān jué de.

This ditch was dug yesterday.

他们打算在这里掘一口井。

Tāmen dǎsuàn zài zhèlǐ jué yī kǒu jǐng.

They plan to dig a well here.

农民们在田里掘土豆。

Nóngmínmen zài tián lǐ jué tǔdòu.

The farmers are digging up potatoes in the field.

考古学家仔细地发掘古代遗址。

Kǎogǔ xuéjiā zǐxì de fājué gǔdài yízhǐ.

The archaeologists carefully excavated the ancient site.

公司投入巨资以挖掘新的市场。

Gōngsī tóurù jùzī yǐ wājué xīn de shìchǎng.

The company invested huge funds to explore new markets.

深入挖掘数据背后的真相非常重要。

Shēnrù wājué shùjù bèihòu de zhēnxiàng fēicháng zhòngyào.

It is very important to dig deep into the truth behind the data.

Related Characters

Component: 屈

Component: 扌

掘