The kanji 穴: meaning, readings and stroke order

穴

Meaning: hole
On reading: ケツ ketsu
Kun reading: あな ana
Strokes: 5
Radical: 穴 cave
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lỗ, hố (huyệt)
Japanese: あな。
Korean: 구멍 (혈)
Chinese: 洞、孔

Readings, words and example sentences

ケツ ketsu · on reading · less common

墓ぼ穴けつ
grave
自分で 墓ぼ穴けつをほることになります。
You end up digging your own grave.

あな ana · kun reading

穴あな
hole
庭に深い 穴あなをほります。
I dig a deep hole in the yard.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.