竅
qiào

hole

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhewH[k]ʰˤewk-shole, opening
Zhengzhangkʰleːwɢs

說文解字

空也。从穴敫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

窍 qiào hole Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 巧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 竅.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
巧
巧 Sound component
qiǎo skillful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode