掘 掘 jue2
to dig

strokes 11
radical
手
手
strokes after radical 8
采掘 採掘 cai3 jue2
to excavate; to extract (ore)

吃水不忘掘井人 吃水不忘掘井人 chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

发掘 發掘 fa1 jue2
to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into

掘出 掘出 jue2 chu1
to exhume; to unearth; to dig out

掘客 掘客 jue2 ke4
Digg (social news website)

掘墓鞭尸 掘墓鞭屍 jue2 mu4 bian1 shi1
to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

掘墓工人 掘墓工人 jue2 mu4 gong1 ren2
grave digger

掘土机 掘土機 jue2 tu3 ji1
excavator

开掘 開掘 kai1 jue2
to excavate; to dig out; fig. to investigate (in an archive)

临渴掘井 臨渴掘井 lin2 ke3 jue2 jing3
lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)

罗掘 羅掘 luo2 jue2
to scrape around for money; hard pressed for cash; cf 羅雀掘鼠|罗雀掘鼠 to net birds and dig for rats (idiom)

罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luo2 que4 jue2 shu3
lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash; on the verge of bankruptcy

数据挖掘 數據挖掘 shu4 ju4 wa1 jue2
data mining

挖掘 挖掘 wa1 jue2
to excavate; to dig; to unearth

挖掘机 挖掘機 wa1 jue2 ji1
excavator

挖掘机械 挖掘機械 wa1 jue2 ji1 xie4
excavator; bulldozer

自掘坟墓 自掘墳墓 zi4 jue2 fen2 mu4
to dig one's own grave