挖

Translingual

Han character

挖 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手十金弓 (QJCN), four-corner 5301₇, composition ⿰扌穵)

Derived characters

• 𫪶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12070
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1875, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6316

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Chinese

trad.		挖
simp. #		挖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
劜	*qreːd
札	*sqriːd
扎	*sqriːd
蚻	*ʔsriːd
紮	*ʔsriːd
軋	*qriːd
圠	*qriːd
穵	*qriːd, *qʷriːd
挖	*qʷriːd
鳦	*qriːd, *qrid
耴	*ŋrid, *teb
乙	*qriɡ
肊	*qrɯɡ

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 挖

1. to dig, to dig out, to gouge out, to scoop

   挖耳屎 [Cantonese]  ―  waat³ ji⁵ si² [Jyutping]  ―  to remove ear wax

References

• “挖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

挖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あつ (atsu); あち (achi)
• Kun: あばく (abaku, 挖く)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 挖 (oạt)

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