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挖 U+6316, 挖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6316
← 挕
[U+6315] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 挗 →
[U+6317]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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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

Etymology 1

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trad. 挖
simp. # 挖

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • uih/oeh - vernacular (“to dig; to uncover”);
  • oat - literary;
  • oa - common literary variant.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 挖
Mandarin Beijing /ua⁵⁵/
Harbin /ua⁴⁴/
Tianjin /vɑ²¹/
Jinan /va²¹³/
Qingdao /va²¹³/ ～洞
/va⁵⁵/ ～飯
Zhengzhou /ua²⁴/
Xi'an /ua²¹/
Xining /ua⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /va⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /va¹³/
Ürümqi /va⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ua⁵⁵/ ～苦
/ua²¹³/ ～土
Chengdu /ua⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ua⁵⁵/
Kunming /ua̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /uɑʔ⁵/
Hefei /uɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /vaʔ²/
Pingyao /uɑ¹³/
Hohhot /va³¹/
Wu Shanghai /uaʔ⁵/
Suzhou /uaʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /ʔuɑʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /o²¹³/
Hui Shexian /uaʔ²¹/
Tunxi /uːə⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ua²⁴/
Xiangtan /uɒ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /uaʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /va⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /vet̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /wat̚³/
Nanning /wɛt̚³³/
/wat̚³³/
Hong Kong /wat̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /uat̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /uɑʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ua⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /uai³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /uak̚⁵/
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 挖
Reading # 1/1
No. 14918
Phonetic
component 		乙
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		婠
Old
Chinese 		/*qʷriːd/
Notes 穵晚起分化字

Definitions

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挖

  1. to dig; to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop
    挖井  ―  wā jǐng  ―  to dig a well
    挖耳屎 [Cantonese]  ―  waat3 ji5 si2 [Jyutping]  ―  to remove ear wax
  2. (figurative) to explore; to discover; to go deep into
  3. (Hokkien) to uncover; to unveil; to expose; to reveal
Synonyms
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  • (to dig): 掏 (tāo)
Dialectal synonyms of 挖 (“to dig”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 挖
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 挖
Malaysia 挖
Singapore 挖
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 挖
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 掘
Xi'an 挖
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 挖
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 挖
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 挖
Cantonese Guangzhou 掘
Hong Kong 掘
Gan Nanchang 挖
Pingxiang 挖
Jin Taiyuan 挖
Eastern Min Fuzhou 掘
Southern Min Xiamen 搤, 摀, 挖
Quanzhou 搤, 挖
Jinjiang 搤
Zhangzhou 摀, 挖
Tainan 搤, 摀
Singapore (Hokkien) 搤, 摀
Manila (Hokkien) 搤
Leizhou 掘
Haikou 掘
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 挖
Wu Shanghai 掘
Shanghai (Chongming) 挖
Suzhou 掘
Wenzhou 掘
Jinhua 掘

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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trad. 挖
simp. # 挖

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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挖

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 摀／𰓆 (“to dig”)

Etymology 3

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trad. 挖
simp. # 挖

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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挖

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 搤 (iah, “to dig”)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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挖

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Vietnamese

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Han character

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挖: Hán Nôm readings: oạt

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