穴 Stroke Order

穴 [xué] 1. Cave; hole:孔～. 石～. ～居. ～隙. 龙潭虎～. (Examples: hole in the ground, rock cavity, dwelling hole, cave gap, the lair of a dragon or tiger) 2. Acupuncture point: 人体可以进行针灸的部位，多为神经末梢密集或较粗的神经干经过的地方. (Acupuncture points on the human body, mainly located where nerve endings are dense or thicker nerve bundles pass through) 3. Place occupied by performers in public: 旧艺人称在市场或广场上表演时所占的一块地方. (In ancient times, this referred to the space occupied by street performers when performing in markets or squares) 4. Surname: 姓. (A surname) 本义: 土窟窿，地洞 (Original meaning: earth hollow, cave) 造字法: 象形。小篆字形，上面是“宀”，表覆盖物;下面两边表示洞孔。 (Character formation: Pictographic. In the small seal script, the top part represents a covering while the lower sides represent holes.) 1. Same as the original meaning (cave; hole) 2. Coffin pit; open grave 3. Den (animal's home) 4. Lair (a place where enemies or traitors hide and take refuge) 5. Tunnel 6. Water course 7. Acupuncture point; acupoint, referring to locations on the human body used in acupuncture 引: 1. Noun: 土窟窿，地洞. "《说文》：穴，土室也。按，象嵌空之形，非八字。” (From "Shuo Wen": "穴, a soil chamber. Note: it is shaped like a hollow, not in the figure of '八'.") 3. "宋·王安石《游褒禅山记》：有穴窈然，入之甚寒。" (From Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi, "Travel to Baochan Mountain": "There is a cave, it is very cold upon entering.") Examples: 洞穴 (cave or mountain cave), 穴人 (someone who collects stalactites in caves), 穴流 (water flow in a cave) 8. Live in caves 9. Dig; pierce 引: "《墨子·备穴》：穴土而入。" (From "Mozi": "Digging into the ground to enter.") Examples: 穴矛 (tools for digging tunnels), 穴垣 (digging holes in walls), 穴胃 (piercing stomach walls) 名: 1. Human habitat in earthen rooms. 2. Cave, generally referring to pits or holes on the ground or in structures. 如: "洞穴", "幽穴", "岩穴". 3. Grave; burial pit 如: "墓穴”. 4. Nest; den 如: "巢穴", "兔穴". 5. In traditional Chinese medicine, key points where meridians converge, mainly dense nerve endings or thicker nerve fibers pass through 如: "穴道", "经穴". 动: 1. To dig or bore. "《墨子·备穴》："每见古人登卫，又可喻我当攻者，善于挖掘而入，捆柱施火以坏吾城."