挖wā
to dig. 9 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin wāStrokes 9Radical 扌Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 挖
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–9 write 穵.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 挖 · the stroke-order rules
What 挖 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 穵 (wā, a deep hollow).
To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation.
Words that use 挖
| 挖 | to dig 指用工具向下掘土 工人在外部空地上挖沟。Workers dug a ditch on the open ground. Lesson 655, 空地挖沟 · 匠心开拓与博大胸襟 · Mastery, Endeavor & Broad Horizons |
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.