| 扒 | bā | to peel / to skin / to tear / to pull down / to cling to (sth on which one is climbing) / to dig | ![]() |
| 开掘 | kāi jué | to dig / to excavate / (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings | ![]() |
| 挖 | wā | to dig / to excavate / to scoop out | ![]() |
| 掘 | jué | to dig | ![]() |
| 凿 | záo | (bound form) chisel / to bore a hole / to chisel / to dig / (literary) certain / authentic / irrefutable / also pr. [zuo4] | ![]() |
| 刨 | páo | to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract | ![]() |
| 抠 | kōu | to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) | ![]() |
| 穵 | wā | to dig / to scoop out | ![]() |
| 搰 | hú | to dig / to mix | ![]() |
| 坋 | fèn | dust, earth / a bank of earth / to dig / to bring together | ![]() |
| 坋 | bèn | dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4] | ![]() |
| 圣 | kū | to dig | ![]() |
