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Kanji Detail for 穿 - "pierce, wear, penetrate"

穿

  • Meaning

    穿 means "pierce, wear, penetrate."

    1. Pierce - To make a hole; to penetrate.

    2. Wear - To put on clothing (especially lower garments).

    3. Bore - To drill through; to create an opening.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    put on (to the feet); dig; pierce; drill

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    penetrate, pierce, drill; wear

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear

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

    Broken through with a hole. Such as saying worn clothes and worn-through shoes. | Having holes to pass through. Such as threading a needle, threading a string. Stringing through or written as 貫穿. | To bore. Digging is also called 穿. Such as drilling a well also called 穿井. Dredging also called 穿濬. Also 穿窬. Refers to thieves boring through walls. | 穿鑿. Refers to forcing an explanation when the meaning cannot be understood. A flaw in scholarship.
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