穴 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
- On
- ケツけつ · ketsu
- Kun
- あなana
- Meaning
- hole; cave; opening
Stroke order
Origin
宀 "cover" over 八 "parting to both sides"; a hollow opened in the ground — hence "hole, cave."
Readings and examples
| Onケツけつketsu | 穴居けっきょ墓穴ぼけつ |
|---|---|
| Kunあなana | 穴あな |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 穴場あなば
little-known good spot
- 洞穴どうけつ
cave
- 虎穴こけつ
- 鍵穴かぎあな
- 竪穴たてあな
- 覗き穴のぞきあな
- 偕老同穴かいろうどうけつ
- 壙穴こうけつ
Example
くつしたに穴があいた。
A hole opened in my sock.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)