Meanings
Hole, Aperture, Slit, Cave, Den
Radicals
Decomposition
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Etymology
Pictographic: The mouth of a cave
Writing Practice
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Words Using This Kanji
111 words totalboring (a hole)
pierced
spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala)
splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)
to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
bell-mouth spillway
blowhole
out of the frying pan into the fire
dragon's den
bear that hasn't entered hibernation
perforated coin
posthole (archaeology)
double penetration
two holes
cluster of Kofun-period graves
tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
storage pit (esp. Jomon to Yayoi periods)
the seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)
piercing (esp. in the ear)
(staring) piercingly