Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
Kun:
あな
On:
ケツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1366 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 穴 【ケツ】 ass, arse, buttocks, rear, end, acupuncture point, hole, notch
  • 穴隙 【ケツゲキ】 crevice, aperture
  • 横穴 【ヨコアナ】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
  • 経穴 【ケイケツ】 acupuncture point

Kun reading compounds

  • 穴 【あな】 hole, opening, orifice, perforation, pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground), burrow, den, lair, holt, hole, deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss, gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening, flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole, good place not many people know about, well-kept secret, upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse, (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre), hiding place, hideout
  • 穴埋め 【あなうめ】 filling (up) a hole, filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.), stopgap, filler (e.g. article), making up (for a loss, damage, etc.), covering (a deficit), compensation, cloze deletion (test format)
  • 風穴 【かざあな】 air hole, windhole, ventilator
  • 横穴 【よこあな】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

Readings

Japanese names:
けな、 しし、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue4, xue2
Korean:
hyeol

Spanish

  • agujero
  • hueco
  • cueva
  • lugar poco conocido
  • lugar escondido

Portuguese

  • buraco
  • orifício
  • brecha
  • caverna
  • gruta

French

  • trou
  • orifice
  • fente
  • grotte
  • tanière
860 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
849 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1201 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3313 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
984 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1595 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
158 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
899 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
921 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1122 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1450 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2682 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25406 Morohashi
2159 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4187 New Nelson (John Haig)
1316 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1413 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
834 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
762 2001 Kanji
3m2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
3080.2 Four corner code
1-23-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a74 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
crevice, fissure, discord, opportunity, leisure
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隙 【スキ】 gap, space, break, interlude, interval, chink (in one's armor, armour), chance, opportunity, weak spot, breach (of a relationship between people)
  • 細隙 【サイゲキ】 slit, interstice, narrow aperture
  • 空隙 【クウゲキ】 vacant space, aperture, gap, opening

Kun reading compounds

  • 隙 【すき】 gap, space, break, interlude, interval, chink (in one's armor, armour), chance, opportunity, weak spot, breach (of a relationship between people)
  • 隙間 【すきま】 crevice, crack, gap, opening, clearance, spare moment, interval, break, pause, spare time, chink (in one's armor, armour), unpreparedness, carelessness
  • 隙 【すき】 gap, space, break, interlude, interval, chink (in one's armor, armour), chance, opportunity, weak spot, breach (of a relationship between people)
  • 暇人 【ひまじん】 person with a lot of free time on their hands, person of leisure, idler, loafer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi4
Korean:
geug

Spanish

  • grieta
  • hendidura
  • fisura
  • tiempo libre
  • ocio
  • negligencia
  • dejadez

Portuguese

French

5017 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41792 Morohashi
670 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6471 New Nelson (John Haig)
2426 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1394 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
7929.6 Four corner code
1-23-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9699 Unicode hex code