穵
wā

deep hollow

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

cave

乙
乙 Sound component
yǐ second

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

挖

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

挖

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqriːd
qʷriːd

說文解字

空大也。从穴乙聲。

Sources

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