cave

Components

Meaning component
earth

earth

Sound component
qū, qu bend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwot[kʰ]ˤuthole
Zhengzhangkʰluːd
ɡlud

說文解字

突也。《詩》曰:“蜉蝣堀閱。”从土,屈省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica