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-<WL>挖 [wā] dig (挖掉, 挖出); excavate (挖掘); dredge (疏挖)
+<WL>挖 [wā] dig out (挖掉, 挖出), excavate (挖掘); dredge (疏挖)@@; (HDZ:) 掘 (挖土, 挖水沟; cf. 穵); 掏取; 抓; (方言) 敲打 (挖他几栗壳)
-From 扌(手 shǒu) ‘hand’ and 穵 yà ‘cave; hollow’, which is 穴 (xué) ‘hole’ over 乙 yǐ phonetic. 穵 was formerly also used for wā ‘dig’, yà and wā being cognates;  the ‘hand’ radical was added for the verb.
+From 扌(手 shǒu) ‘hand’ and 穵 yà ‘cave; hollow’.
+	Note: 挖 wā ‘dig’ was formerly wr. 穵; the ‘hand’ radical was added to distinguish the verb.
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