Chinese Word: 窾 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

窾Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 17; Radical: 穴

Pictophonetic:款 indicates the sound; 穴 (cave) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
- 款 [ kuǎn ] funds, payment; item, article

Similar Characters: 窽

Pinyin: cuàn

English Definition:to conceal; to hide

Chinese Definition:
①藏匿。

Pinyin: kuǎn

English Definition:crack; hollow; cavity; to excavate or hollow out; (onom.) water hitting rock; (old) variant of 款

Chinese Definition:
①空隙。
②中空：“见窾木浮而知为舟。”
③空洞，不实：“窾言不听，奸乃不生。”
④挖空：“斩材窾坚。”
⑤法则；规矩。
⑥枯。
⑦古水名。
⑧象声词，形容水击石声。
⑨古通“款”。

Example Words:

to get right to the heart of the matter (idiom)

1		ér qiě 而且 jiǎng 奖 yī 一 cuàn 窾 hé 和 gèng duō 更多。 And prizes of a hundred thousand and more.
2		cóng 从 1997 dào 到 2008 ， lìng wài 另外 de 的 $ cuàn 窾 bèi 被 huā fèi 花费 shǐ 使 gōng yuán 公园 nián qīng 年轻 ér qiě 而且 huí fù 回复 tā 它 de 的 guāng cǎi 光彩。 From 1997 through 2008, another $20 million was spent to rejuvenate the park and restore its luster.