穴 xué
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 穴 — cave, den, hole
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
穴位
xuéwèi
acupuncture point
Characters in this word
位 wèi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 立 to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 中医师按压相关穴位，以缓解长期伏案造成的肩颈僵硬。 Zhōngyīshī ànyā xiāngguān xuéwèi, yǐ huǎnjiě chángqī fú'àn zàochéng de jiānjǐng jiāngyìng. The Chinese medicine practitioner pressed the relevant acupuncture points to relieve shoulder and neck stiffness caused by long hours at a desk.
- 奶奶每天早上都会按摩几个穴位，说是对身体好。 Nǎinai měitiān zǎoshang dōu huì ànmó jǐ gè xuéwèi, shuō shì duì shēntǐ hǎo. Grandma massages several acupuncture points every morning, saying it's good for the body.
- 他学了三年，才记住全身所有穴位的位置。 Tā xuéle sān nián, cái jìzhù quánshēn suǒyǒu xuéwèi de wèizhì. He studied for three years before he could remember the location of every acupuncture point on the body.