窍

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hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

穴 meaning “hole” + 巧 sound ( qiǎo )

Components 穴巧

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一窍不通	yī qiào bù tōng	lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (id…
不开窍	bù kāi qiào	unable to understand; can't get the point
窍门儿	qiào mén r	erhua form of 竅門\|窍门[qiao4 men2]
七窍生烟	qī qiào shēng yān	lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
鬼迷心窍	guǐ mí xīn qiào	to be obsessed; to be possessed
财迷心窍	cái mí xīn qiào	mad about money (idiom)
灵魂出窍	líng hún chū qiào	out-of-body experience
心窍	xīn qiào	the mind; capacity for clear thinking
开窍	kāi qiào	to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns
窍门	qiào mén	a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
七窍	qī qiào	the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
九窍	jiǔ qiào	nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus)
诀窍	jué qiào	secret; trick; knack; key