dòu

surname

To buy someone off ; a nose-hole

Components
穴 meaning component

  Meaning component

xué

  

cave

卖 meaning component

  Meaning component

mài

  

sell

Evolution

窦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
窦 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
窦 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
窦 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

dòu

surname; hole, burrow; corrupt; hole; aperture; (anatomy) cavity; sinus

() 

Dòu

surname Dou

Most common words with 窦
Freq.
Word
Meaning

hole

鼻窦炎

sinusitis

鼻窦

paranasal sinus

疑窦

suspicions

情窦初开

first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2895th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Traditional

Unicode

U+7AA6


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