穴 : Hole

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Components:

宀八

hole, aperture, cave, den,slit (radical 116)

On 'yomi:

ケツ(ketsu)

Kun 'yomi:

あな(ana)

Nanori:

けな(kena) しし(shishi) な(na)

Strokes:	5
Radical:	穴 (116)
Usage Rating:	1366

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	6

Unicode:	07a74
jis208:	23-74

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穴 Usage examples

経穴(けいけつ)	acupuncture point
風穴(ふうけつ)	cave from which cold wind blows
穴あき銭(あなあきせん) 穴開き銭(あなあきせん) 穴明き銭(あなあきせん)	perforated coin
穴が開く(あながあく) 穴が空く(あながあく) 穴があく(あながあく)	to have a hole, to be pierced (with a hole)
穴だらけ(あなだらけ)	fault, flaw, opening, orifice
穴を開ける(あなをあける) 穴をあける(あなをあける) 穴を空ける(あなをあける)	to make a hole (in)
穴を塞ぐ(あなをふさぐ)	to fill a hole with earth
穴隙(けつげき)	crevice, aperture
塚穴(つかあな)	grave
針の穴(はりのあな)	eye of a needle
盲穴(めくらあな)	blind hole
空穴(からけつ)	flat or stone broke
空気穴(くうきあな)	air vent (hole)
穴窯(あながま)	very old type of kiln made by digging a hole in the side of a hill
鍵穴趣味(かぎあなしゅみ)	voyeurism
同じ穴のムジナ(おなじあなのむじな) 同じ穴の狢(おなじあなのむじな)	(villains) of the same stripe, birds of a feather, badgers of the same hole
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず(こけつにいらずんばこしをえず) 虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず(こけつにいらずんばこしをえず)	nothing ventured, nothing gained
馬鹿穴(ばかあな)	clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)
穴狙い(あなねらい)	aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)
穴あきチーズ(あなあきチーズ) 穴明きチーズ(あなあきチーズ)	cheese with holes in it (e.g. Swiss, Emmenthal)
甌穴(かめあな)	pothole (circular hole bored deep in a riverbed by stones rotating in an eddy)
丸穴(まるあな)	round hole