穿

put on (to the feet); dig; pierce; drill

9 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names.

Readings

• セン (on reading): 穿刺 (せんし) paracentesis; 穿孔 (せんこう) perforation
• うがつ (kun reading): 穿つ (うがつ) to drill; 穿ちすぎた (うがちすぎた) farfetched
• はく (kun reading): 下穿き (したばき) undershorts; 腰穿き (こしばき) wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)

Components

• 穴
• 牙
• 儿 radical legs
• 宀 radical roof
• 牙 radical fang
• 穴 radical cave

Words using 穿

• 穿刺 (せんし) paracentesis
• 穿孔 (せんこう) perforation
• 穿通 (せんつう) penetration
• 穿頭 (せんとう) trepanation
• 穿鑿 (せんさく) probing (into)
• 穿つ (うがつ) to drill
• 穿ちすぎた (うがちすぎた) farfetched
• 孔を穿つ (あなをうがつ) to pierce a hole
• 微に入り細を穿つ (びにいりさいをうがつ) to go into the minutest details
• 雨垂れ石を穿つ (あまだれいしをうがつ) slow but steady wins the race
• 下穿き (したばき) undershorts
• 腰穿き (こしばき) wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist)
• 直穿き (じかばき) wearing next to the skin (e.g. shoes without socks, trousers without underwear)

49 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists