窝
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nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
hollow · Heisig RSH #2364
穴 hole + esophagus
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 窝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心窝儿 | erhua form of 心窩|心窝[xin1 wo1] | |
| 调三窝四 | to sow the seeds of discord everywhere (idiom) | |
| 安乐窝 | comfortable niche | |
| 窝里反 | see 窩裡鬥|窝里斗[wo1 li5 dou4] | |
| 萨拉热窝 | Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 太阳窝 | temple (on the sides of human head) | |
| 窝里斗 | internal strife (family, group, etc) | |
| 兔子不吃窝边草 | (lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying); (fig.) even a scoundr… | |
| 金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝 | there's no place like home (idiom) | |
| 窝子 | lair; den; stronghold | |
| 心窝 | chest area around the heart; (fig.) heart; innermost feelings | |
| 窝心 | aggrieved; dejected; (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc; to feel grati… | |
| 面窝 | Chinese doughnut | |
| 窝里横 | (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home | |
| 窝主 | person who harbors criminals; receiver (of stolen goods) | |
| 打窝 | (angling) to throw groundbait into an area of water | |
| 窝工 | (of workers) to have no work to do; to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor org… | |
| 眼窝 | eye socket | |
| 老窝 | nest; den (for animals); (fig.) lair; hideout (for criminals) | |
| 窝点 | lair; den (of illegal activities) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 呙 — compare how they read.