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Kanji Detail for 穴 - "hole, cave, opening"

  • Meaning

    穴 means "hole, cave, opening."

    1. Hole - An opening; a cavity.

    2. Cave - A hollow in the ground; a cavern.

    3. Acupuncture point - A vital point on the body.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hole; aperture; slit; cave; den

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cave, den, hole; Kangxi radical 116

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cave, den, hole

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An earthen room. In ancient times people lived in caves and stayed in the wild. Seen in (Book of Changes). | A hole. (Mencius) "Drilling holes and peeping through gaps." Vital points of the human body are also called 穴. | The burial site is called 穴.
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  • There's a hole in my coat.

  • There's a hole in this.

  • Look out ! there's a hole in the road.

  • Watch out ! there's a big hole there.

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