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穎
JLPT N1 SL6 5 strokes Frequency: #1366

Meanings

Hole, Aperture, Slit, Cave, Den

Radicals

穎

Decomposition

⿱柀慫

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)
ă‚±ăƒ„ ketsu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
あăȘ ana

Words Using This Kanji

111 words total
Other (20 words)
穎ぐり あăȘぐり

boring (a hole)

ç©Žă‚ă あăȘあき

pierced

ć·ç©Žć­ かわあăȘご

spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala)

éŒŠç©Žć­ ă«ă—ăă‚ăȘご

splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)

鹚穎を開ける かざあăȘをあける

to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)

ăƒ€ăƒ ç©Ž ダムあăȘ

bell-mouth spillway

æœźćčăç©Ž ă—ăŠă”ăă‚ăȘ

blowhole

è™ŽćŁă‚’é€ƒă‚ŒăŠç«œç©Žă«ć…„ă‚‹ ă“ă“ă†ă‚’ăźăŒă‚ŒăŠă‚Šă‚…ă†ă‘ă€ă«ă„ă‚‹

out of the frying pan into the fire

竜穎 りゅうけ぀

dragon's den

ç©ŽæŒăŸăš あăȘもたず

bear that hasn't entered hibernation

穎銭 あăȘせん

perforated coin

柱穎 づゅうけ぀

posthole (archaeology)

äșŒç©ŽćŒæ™‚æŒżć…„ ă«ă‘ă€ă©ă†ă˜ăă†ă«ă‚…ă†

double penetration

äșŒç©Ž にけ぀

two holes

癟穎 ăČă‚ƒăŁă‘ă€

cluster of Kofun-period graves

æšȘ穎湓 よこあăȘăŒ

tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

èČŻè””ç©Ž づょぞうけ぀

storage pit (esp. Jomon to Yayoi periods)

䞃穎 しづけ぀

the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)

ピケă‚č穎 ピケă‚čあăȘ

piercing (esp. in the ear)

ç©ŽăŒé–‹ăă»ă© あăȘăŒă‚ăă»ă©

(staring) piercingly