窟
kū HSK7

hole

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

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
屈
屈 Sound component
qū, qu bend

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwot[kʰ]ˤutcave, hole
Zhengzhangkʰluːd
Unicodekuət

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang