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掘

  • jué (jue²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄐㄩㄝˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • gwat⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • khu̍t Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • kud^ˋ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
  • gṳ̄ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • goh⁷ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • guoh⁷ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • ku̍t Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • gug⁸ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁸jiuq Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • jué Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄐㄩㄝˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • jyué Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chüeh² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • jywé Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • jyue Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цзюэ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • gwat⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gwaht Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gwat⁹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • gued⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /kʷɐt̚²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • khu̍t Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • kud Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • kud⁶ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /kʰut̚⁵/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /kʰut²/ Hakka, IPA, 海陸

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *ɡlod, *ɡlud）：意符 扌 + 聲符 屈 (上古 *klud, *kʰlud) 。

繼承自原始漢藏語 *r-(k/g)wa-t (“挖出來；舀出來”)，與藏語 རྐོད་པ (rkod pa)、རྐོ་བ (rko ba，“挖；鋤”)同源 (STEDT)。可能與決 (上古 *kʷeːd, “挖出水口；迸出”)有關。

釋義 𢬝 · 𰓓 · 𢶵 · 𣔭

  1. 挖
  2. 竭盡，窮盡
  3. 愚笨，粗劣
  4. 強硬，固執
  5. Hakka 搔（用指甲、爪子）
  6. 中國大陸泉漳話 打，敲擊

Similar: 挖, 搤, 摀

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釋義

Similar: 挖, 搤, 摀

In English

  • dig to move hard-packed earth out of the way

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"掘." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%98. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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掘. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%98

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"掘." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%98.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {掘},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%98},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}