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刳

kū

Character

What 刳 means

1. to cut open
2. rip up
3. scoop out

Characters built on 夸

These share the phonetic component 夸 (kuā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 绔kùvariant of 裤
• 瓠hùgourd

Sounds the same

Read kū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哭to cry; to weep
• 枯(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 窟cave; hole
• 圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
• 骷used in 骷髅
• 堀cave; hole
• 矻used in 矻矻; Taiwan pr. kù
• 圐used in 圐圙
• 跍to squat