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 <WL>穴 [xué] 洞穴 cave, 孔穴 hole, 巢穴 lair/nest; 穴位 acupuncture point; (radical 116, 穴部)@@  [jué] 鐍
-The Shuōwén Seal form of 穴(􁏺𥤢) xué ‘earthen dwelling, cave/grotto’ is said to combine 宀(􁎝) mián ‘roof/dwelling’, and 八(􀋮) bā ‘divide’ (phonetic).
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 穴(􁏺𥤢) xué ‘earthen dwelling, cave/grotto’ is said to combine 宀(􁎝) mián ‘roof/dwelling’, and 八(􀋮) bā ‘divide’ (phonosemantic).
-	Note: 八 is phonetic in 穴 (as in 必, 䏌, 𣎵, 匹), but as a writing of ⚋☷䷁ ‘earth’ (地, 坤) it may be phonosemantic; the old rhymes are rather different, and so some see 穴 as a pictograph (without explaining the shape).
+	Note: 八 is phonetic in 穴 (as in 必, 䏌, 𣎵, 匹), and as a wr. of ⚋☷䷁ ‘earth’ (地, 坤) it is phonosemantic; the old rhymes are rather different, and so some see 穴 as a pictograph (without explaining the shape).
+	Compare: 空(􁐉) kōng/kòng ‘empty/hollow/hole’.
 	Compare: 岤 xué ‘mountain cave/cavern’, 坹 xuè ‘deep/cave’ (which seem to write the same morpheme).
 	Compare: 血(􀶰) xuè ‘blood’ (the modern tones differ; the old rhymes were the same, but the initials were different).