Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

穴: hole, aperture

Also: slit, cave, den

JLPT N15 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

宀 and 八 are drawn in

5 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Two readings, and the words that use each

ケツketsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 墓穴ぼけつgrave [n.]

あなana · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 穴あなhole
  • 洞穴ほらあなcave, grotto
  • 落とし穴おとしあなpitfall, trap, pit
  • 風穴かざあなair hole; windhole; air vent
  • 穴埋めあなうめfilling (up) a hole

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Pictogram (象形)

Pictogram (象形)—possibly an entrance to a cave or a door flap. A conservative version is 𠕉.

Source: Wiktionary, 穴 (rev. 92541811), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a cozy cave carved into a hillside. The sturdy roof keeps the rain out, and the opening below is where you crawl inside for safety.”
More in the 穴 hole story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

All 41
八

Also built on eight (八)

All 23

Also read ケツ

6 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xué

Same form: 穴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
穴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
穴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xué most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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