穴

See also: 六 and 冘

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

穴 (radical 116 穴+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十金 (JC), four-corner 3080₂)

1. rad. no. 116

References

• KangXi: page 862, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1288, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2718, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7A74

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		穴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xué, xuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˊ, ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): hia̍t
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhyq (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xué
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsüeh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyue
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsüeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiueh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶
    • Yale: yuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hia̍t
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiat̚¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhyq (T5)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦɥ̯ɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (穴, reconstructed)
Character (穴), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 屑 Division: IV			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 胡決切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦwet̚/	/ɣiwet̚/	/ɣuet̚/	/ɦʷet̚/	/ɦwɛt̚/	/ɣiwet̚/	/ɣuɛt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (穴, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
穴								xué								‹ hwet ›								/*[ɢ]ʷˤi[t]/								cave, pit
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
穴					14092					穴					質					2					穴					/*ɡʷliːɡ/

Definitions

穴

1. hole
2. cave, cavern, lair, den

Compounds

Derived terms

• 洞穴 ("cave")

• 穴位

• 穴寶蓋兒／穴宝盖儿

• 穴居野處／穴居野处

• 穴道

• 穴隙

• 穴頭／穴头

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

穴

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Kan’on: けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: あな (ana)

Noun

穴 (hiragana あな, romaji ana)

1. hole
2. opening, aperture
3. pit
4. cave, cavern
5. lair, den, burrow
6. loss, deficit
7. flaw, defect

Synonyms

• (hole): 孔
• (opening): 口
• (pit): 坑
• (cave): 洞
• (lair): 窟
• (loss): 損失
• (flaw): 缺点

Compounds

• 点穴 (てんけつ) (tenketsu, “pressure points”)

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Korean

Hanja

穴 (hyeol)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 혈 (McCune-Reischauer: hyŏl, Yale: hyel)

• Name (hangeul): 구멍 (revised: gumeong)

1. (구멍 혈, gumeong-): hole, hollow
2. (구덩이 혈, gudeong'i-): pit, ditch
3. (굴 혈, gul-): cave, cavern, cavity; den, burrow, sett
4. (움 혈, um-): dugout

Synonyms

• 孔 (공, gong) hole
• 坑 (갱, gaeng) pit
• 壕 (호, ho) moat, ditch, trench, channel
• 窟 (굴, gul) cave, den, burrow, tunnel

Compounds

• 穴居人 (혈거인, hyeolgeoin) cave dweller

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Vietnamese

Han character

穴 (huyệt)

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