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. hole
2. cave, cavern
3. lair, den, burrow, sett
4. 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

穴 (Jyutping jyut6, Yale yut6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

穴 (POJ hi̍et, Guangdong hiet⁸; het⁸ [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim hiad6, hed6)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

穴

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 구멍 (gu-meong) (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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Mandarin

Hanzi

穴 (Pinyin xué (xue2), jué (jue2), xuè (xue4), Wade-Giles hsüeh⁴)

Compounds

• 穴宝盖儿
• 穴道
• 穴居野处
• 穴头
• 穴位
• 穴隙

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Middle Chinese

Han character

穴 (*huet)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

穴 (TLPA hia̍t (hiat⁸))

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

穴 (huyệt)