隧 suì tunnel
tunnel; underground passage
How to remember 隧: 阝 mound + 遂 go through = tunnel. The road workers cannot go over the huge mound, so they dig straight in to go through it and build a tunnel.
Component breakdown
隧 = 阝 mound + 遂 go through
- 阝 mound
- 遂 go through
The road workers cannot go over the huge mound, so they dig straight in to go through it and build a tunnel.
How it is used
- Bound to 隧道 (suìdào), a tunnel - 挖隧道 (wā suìdào) to dig a tunnel, 海底隧道 (hǎidǐ suìdào) an undersea tunnel.
- Note 隧道 is a bored passage through mountain/underground; a raised 桥 (bridge) is its opposite.
- You'll essentially only see this character in 隧道.