Memory phrase for the character: 窍

窍

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Meaning

intelligence, opening, trick/key

Pronunciation

qiào

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: skilled 巧 (The craftsman 工 works the seaweed 丂 skillfully.)

Mnemonic

(It could collapse at any time:) Whoever builds his cave skillfully, is intelligent.

Radicals

穴	cave	It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
工	work, to build	Cross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
丂	winding seaweed

Vocabulary

诀窍	jué qiào	secret; trick; knack; key
窍门	qiào mén	a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
一窍不通	yī qiào bù tōng	I don't understand a word (idiom); all Greek to me
鬼迷心窍	guǐ mí xīn qiào	lit. devil charms heart tunnel (idiom); infatuated; possessed by a devil

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