Meanings
Hole, Aperture, Slit, Cave, Den
Radicals
Decomposition
⿱宀八
Etymology
Pictographic: The mouth of a cave
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Words Using This Kanji
111 words totalflat or stone broke
air vent (hole)
very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill
(villains) of the same stripe
nothing ventured, nothing gained
clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)
cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)
round hole
pinhole camera
pinhole
common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster)
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
kanji "hole" radical at top
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear
drilling
to fill in a hole
buttonhole
anus
needle with a normal eye
nostril