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穴
JLPT N1 SL6 5 strokes Frequency: #1366

Meanings

Hole, Aperture, Slit, Cave, Den

Radicals

穴

Decomposition

⿱宀八

Etymology

Pictographic: The mouth of a cave

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ケツ ketsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
あな ana

Words Using This Kanji

111 words total
Other (20 words)
風穴 かざあな

air hole

抜け穴 ぬけあな

secret passage

一つ穴 ひとつあな

same hole (in which to live)

岩穴 いわあな

rock cave

大穴 おおあな

large hole

金穴 きんけつ

gold mine

節穴 ふしあな

knothole

焼け穴 やけあな

a burn hole

穴じゃくし あなじゃくし

perforated ladle

穴釣り あなづり

fishing by dropping a line between rocks or concrete tetrapods

穴馬 あなうま

dark horse (candidate)

経穴 けいけつ

acupuncture point

穴が開く あながあく

to have a hole

穴あき銭 あなあきせん

perforated coin

穴を開ける あなをあける

to cause a loss

穴だらけ あなだらけ

riddled with holes

塚穴 つかあな

grave

針の穴 はりのあな

eye of a needle

盲穴 めくらあな

blind hole

下穴 したあな

pilot hole

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