Chinese Word: 窍 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

窍 (Trad.: 竅)HSK 6

Pinyin: qiào

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

Chinese Definition:
①窟窿，孔洞：七窍(耳、目、口、鼻)。
②喻事情的关键：诀窍。窍门儿。
③贯通：窍窕。窍领天地。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 穴

Pictophonetic:巧 indicates the sound; 穴 (hole) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
- 巧 [ qiǎo ] skillful, ingenious, clever

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诀窍	jué qiào	secret; trick; knack; key
窍门HSK 6	qiào mén	a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
开窍	kāi qiào	to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns
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 (idiom); it's all Greek to me
心窍	xīn qiào	the mind; capacity for clear thinking

1		wǒ 我 duì 对 jiàn shù 剑术 yí qiào bù tōng 一窍不通。 I know nothing about swordsmanship.
2		shì 是 de 的， tā 他 qì dé 气得 qī qiào 七窍 mào yān 冒烟。 Yes, he was really fuming.