洞穴
dòng​xué

cave

洞 dòng cave

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

同
同 Sound component
tóng, tong, tòng together

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːŋ
doːŋs
Unicodedhùng
dhung

說文解字

《說文》：“洞，疾流也。从水，同聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

穴 xué, jué cave

Pictograph of a cave opening.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (15 of 47 verified)

空究穿窗穷窝窃窄窑帘窜窥窦窟窘窍窒窖穹窿邃窠窈窕窣窸窀窨窳窭穸窆窬竅窩竇窮竄窪窅窾穵窯竈窺竊屄

Iconic (4)

突奂罙奐

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwet[ɢ]ʷˤi[t] cave, pit

說文解字

《說文》：“穴，土室也。从宀，八聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.605漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)