穴
hole; aperture; slit; cave; den
5 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1366.
Readings
- あな (kun reading): 穴 (あな) hole; 竪穴 (たてあな) pit
- ケツ (on reading): 墓穴 (ぼけつ) grave (pit); 虎穴 (こけつ) lion's den
Components
Kanji containing 穴
- 空 empty
- 究 research
- 突 stab
- 窓 window
- 窮 hard up
- 窒 plug up
- 窪 depression
- 窃 stealth
- 窯 kiln
- 穹 sky
- 穽 sunken trap
- 穿 put on (to the feet)
- 窄 narrow
- 窈 quiet
- 窕 quiet
- 窖 cellar
- 窗 window
- 窘 rebuke
- 窟 cavern
- 窩 cave
- 窰 brick kiln
- 窶 emaciated
- 窺 lie in wait
- 窿 vault (of sky)
- 鴪 flying fast
- 竃 kitchen stove
- 竄 flee
- 竅 hole
- 邊 edge
- 竇 hole
- 竈 hearth
- 竊 steal
Words using 穴
- 穴 (あな) hole
- 竪穴 (たてあな) pit
- 落とし穴 (おとしあな) pitfall
- 横穴式石室 (よこあなしきせきしつ) horizontal stone chamber
- 横穴 (よこあな) cave
- 墓穴 (ぼけつ) grave (pit)
- 虎穴 (こけつ) lion's den
- 柱穴 (ちゅうけつ) posthole (archaeology)
- 経穴 (けいけつ) acupuncture point
- 甌穴 (おうけつ) giant's kettle
- 尻穴 (けつめど) anus
131 words in all.