Memory phrase for the character: 窦

窦

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Meaning

hole, convex opening, sth. missing, void

Pronunciation

dòu

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: to sell 卖 (For ten 十 [coins] the hat 乛 of the leader 头 is sold)

Mnemonic


 
(On the sales shelf) The hole is where something was sold: As a hole or void, where sth. is missing.

Radicals

穴 caveIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
卖 to sell
乛 something ???
头 head, leaderThe big 大 person with protruding staring eyes 丶丶 is the head and leader.




 Vocabulary

 
 
鼻窦炎 bí dòu yán  sinusitis
窦窖 dòu jiào  cellar; crypt
荜门圭窦 bì mén guī dòu  wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty
 


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