穴

See also: 六, 冘, and 宂
穴 U+7A74, 穴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A74
← 穳
[U+7A73] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 穵 →
[U+7A75]
⽳ U+2F73, ⽳
KANGXI RADICAL CAVE
← ⽲
[U+2F72] 		Kangxi Radicals ⽴ →
[U+2F74]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

穴 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 十金 (JC), four-corner 30802, composition ⿱宀八)

  1. Kangxi radical #116, ⽳.

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 862, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25406
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1288, character 37
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2718, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7A74

Chinese
trad. 穴
simp. # 穴

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 穴
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (穴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
泬 *qʰʷliːɡ
坹 *qʰʷliːɡ, *ɡʷliːɡ
穴 *ɡʷliːɡ
袕 *ɡʷliːɡ, *ɢʷjiɡ
鴪 *ɢʷiɡ

Pictogram (象形) —possibly an entrance to a cave or a door flap.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • huag8 - Shantou;
  • huêg8 - Chaozhou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 穴
Mandarin Beijing /ɕyɛ⁵¹/
/ɕyɛ³⁵/
Harbin /ɕyɛ⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕye⁵³/
Jinan /ɕyə⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕyə⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕyɛ⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕiɛ²⁴/
Xining /ɕi²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕye¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕyə¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕyɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕye²¹³/ 新
/ɕie²¹³/ 舊
Chengdu /ɕie³¹/
Guiyang /ɕie²¹/
Kunming /ɕiɛ³¹/
Nanjing /ɕyeʔ⁵/
Hefei /ɕyɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
Pingyao /ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /ɕyaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /ɦioʔ¹/
/ɦyɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /ɦyəʔ³/
Hangzhou /ɦyəʔ²/
Wenzhou /jy²¹³/
Hui Shexian /ɕye²²/
Tunxi /ɕyɛ⁵/
Xiang Changsha /ɕie²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰyæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /ɕyɵʔ²/
Hakka Meixian /hiat̚⁵/
Taoyuan /hiet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jyt̚²/
Nanning /yt̚²²/
Hong Kong /jyt̚²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hiat̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hieʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xiɛ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /huak̚⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hit̚³/
Rime
Character 穴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (88)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡決切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦwet̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷet̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwɛt̚/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuet̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɣiwet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣiwet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xué
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jyut6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 穴
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xué
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hwet ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɢ]ʷˁi[t]/
English cave, pit

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 穴
Reading # 1/1
No. 14092
Phonetic
component		 穴
Rime
group		 質
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 穴
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷliːɡ/

Definitions

穴

  1. hole
  2. grave (pit)
  3. cave; cavern
  4. (literally, figurative) den; nest; lair
  5. (traditional Chinese medicine) acupoint

Synonyms
  • (hole):
Dialectal synonyms of 孔 (“hole”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 孔, 洞, 穴
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 孔, 洞, 孔洞, 空洞, 空穴
Mandarin Beijing 窟窿
Jinan 窟窿
Luoyang 窟窿
Wanrong 窟窿
Xi'an 窟窿子, 窟窿
Wuhan 窟窿, 窟眼, 洞洞, 洞
Chengdu 窟窿, 洞洞, 洞
Liuzhou 窿
Yangzhou 洞, 窟窿
Nanjing 窟窿
Hefei 窟窿, 洞
Singapore 洞
Cantonese Guangzhou 窿, 咕窿
Hong Kong 窿, 咕窿
Taishan 孔
Yangjiang 窿
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 窿
Singapore (Guangfu) 窿
Gan Nanchang 洞
Hakka Meixian 窿仔, 窿空仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 空
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 空
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 空
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 空
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 空
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 空
Jin Taiyuan 窟窿, 窟子
Min Bei Jian'ou 川
Min Dong Fuzhou 空空
Min Nan Xiamen 空, 空口
Quanzhou 空
Zhangzhou 空口
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 空
Taipei 空
Penang (Hokkien) 空
Singapore (Hokkien) 空
Manila (Hokkien) 空
Chaozhou 空
Jieyang 空, 洞
Haifeng 空
Singapore (Teochew) 空
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 窿
Wu Suzhou 洞
Wenzhou 洞, 窟, 窟窿
Jinhua 窟窿
Xiang Changsha 洞, 洞子
Shuangfeng 眼貢, 洞
  • (cave):

Compounds
Derived terms from 穴

References

Japanese
Shinjitai 穴
Kyūjitai
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穴󠄁
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(Adobe-Japan1)
穴󠄄
穴+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
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Kanji
穴

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. hole, opening

Readings

Compounds
Compounds
  • 穴(あな)蔵(ぐら) (anagura)
  • 穴(あな)子(ご) (anago): conger eel
  • 穴(けっ)骼(かく) (kekkaku)
  • 穴(けっ)居(きょ) (kekkyo)
  • 穴(けっ)竅(くつ) (kekkutsu)
  • 穴(けっ)掘(くつ) (kekkutsu)
  • 穴(けっ)窟(くつ) (kekkutsu)
  • 穴(けつ)隙(げき) (ketsugeki)
  • 穴(けっ)見(けん) (kekken)
  • 穴(けっ)口(こう) (kekkō)
  • 穴(けつ)竄(ざん) (ketsuzan)
  • 穴(けつ)師(し) (ketsushi)
  • 穴(けつ)室(しつ) (ketsushitsu)
  • 穴(けっ)出(しゅつ) (kesshutsu)
  • 穴(けっ)処(しょ) (kessho)
  • 穴(けつ)人(じん) (ketsujin)
  • 穴(けつ)穽(せい) (ketsusei)
  • 穴(けっ)託(たく) (kettaku)
  • 穴(けっ)地(ち) (ketchi)
  • 穴(けつ)土(ど) (ketsudo)
  • 穴(けつ)洞(どう) (ketsudō)
  • 穴(けつ)道(どう) (ketsudō)
  • 穴(けつ)鼻(び) (ketsubi)
  • 穴(けつ)倮(ら) (ketsura)
  • 岩(いわ)穴(あな) (iwaana)
  • 回(かい)穴(けつ), 廻(かい)穴(けつ) (kaiketsu) (回(かい)泬(けつ))
  • 崖(がい)穴(けつ) (gaiketsu)
  • 空(から)穴(けつ) (karaketsu)
  • 巌(がん)穴(けつ) (ganketsu)
  • 蟻(ぎ)穴(けつ) (giketsu)
  • 九(きゅう)穴(けつ) (kyūketsu)
  • 灸(きゅう)穴(けつ) (kyūketsu)
  • 竅(きょう)穴(けつ) (kyōketsu)
  • 窟(くう)穴(けつ) (kūketsu)
  • 経(けい)穴(けつ) (keiketsu)
  • 虎(こ)穴(けつ) (koketsu)
  • 獣(じゅう)穴(けつ) (jūketsu)
  • 石(せっ)穴(けつ) (sekketsu)
  • 丹(たん)穴(けつ) (tanketsu)
  • 点(てん)穴(けつ) (tenketsu): pressure points
  • 同(どう)穴(けつ) (dōketsu)
  • 洞(どう)穴(けつ) (dōketsu)
  • 風(ふう)穴(けつ) (fūketsu)
  • 墓(ぼ)穴(けつ) (boketsu)
  • 兪(ゆ)穴(けつ) (yuketsu)
  • 六(ろっ)穴(けつ) (rokketsu): the six holes of the human body, which are the mouth, eyes, ears, nose, anus, and genitals

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
穴
あな
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ana.

Pronunciation

Noun

穴(あな) • (ana) 

  1. hole
    Synonym: 孔
    靴(くつ)下(した)に穴(あな)が開(あ)いた。
    Kutsushita ni ana ga aita.
    My socks got a hole in them.
    (literally, “A hole opened up in my socks.”)
  2. opening, aperture
    Synonym: 口
  3. pit
    Synonym: 坑
  4. cave, cavern
    Synonym: 洞
  5. lair, den, burrow
    Synonym: 窟
  6. loss, deficit
    Synonym: 損失 (sonshitsu)
  7. flaw, defect
    Synonym: 欠点, 缺点 (ketten)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 穴 – see the following entry.
【けつ】
[noun] (informal) ass; arse; buttocks
[noun] (informal) last or hindermost part
[noun] (informal) gay sex, sex between two men
Alternative spellings
穴, 尻
(This term, 穴, is an alternative (rare) spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014), “穴”, in 字通 普及版 (Jitsū fukyūban, “Jitsū trade edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
  2. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1582 (paper), page 843 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
  3. 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 905 (paper), page 465 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)
  4. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

穴 (eumhun 구멍 혈 (gumeong hyeol))

  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

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

穴: Hán Nôm readings: huyệt

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