穴: Hole; Aperture; SlitKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ケツ)

• 墓穴ぼけつgrave (pit)
• 一穴いっけつone hole
• 七穴しちけつthe seven orifices of the head (eyes, nostrils, ear canals, mouth)
• 二穴にけつtwo holes
• 二穴同時挿入にけつどうじそうにゅうdouble penetration
• 偕老同穴かいろうどうけつhappy life partnership; living faithfully together till death
• 千丈の堤も蟻の一穴より崩れるせんじょうのつつみもありのいっけつよりくずれるa small leak will sink a great ship
• 同穴どうけつbeing buried in the same grave
• 墓穴を掘るぼけつをほるto dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 穴あなhole; opening
• 穴埋めあなうめfilling (up) a hole
• 落とし穴おとしあなpitfall; trap
• 風穴かざあなair hole; windhole
• 大穴おおあなlarge hole
• 抜け穴ぬけあなsecret passage; underground passage
• 横穴よこあなcave; tunnel
• 毛穴けあなpore (of the skin)
• 洞穴ほらあなcave; cavern
• 穴場あなばlittle-known good place; good out-of-the-way place
• 穴熊あなぐまbadger
• けつの穴けつのあなanus; asshole
• たて穴たてあなpit; shaft
• のぞき穴のぞきあなpeephole; spyhole
• ふし穴ふしあなknothole; peep-hole
• ほぞ穴ほぞあなmortice; mortise
• ほら穴ほらあなcave; cavern
• アメリカ穴熊アメリカあなぐまAmerican badger (Taxidea taxus)
• ダム穴ダムあなbell-mouth spillway; morning glory spillway
• ピアス穴ピアスあなpiercing (esp. in the ear); piercing hole
• ボタン穴ボタンあなbuttonhole
• 一つ穴ひとつあなsame hole (in which to live)
• 一つ穴のむじなひとつあなのむじなgang; group
• 一つ穴の狢ひとつあなのむじなgang; group
• 一つ穴の貉ひとつあなのむじなgang; group
• 下穴したあなpilot hole; rough hole
• 並穴針なみあなはりneedle with a normal eye
• 丸穴まるあなround hole
• 人を呪わば穴二つひとをのろわばあなふたつif you curse someone, dig two graves
• 人穴ひとあなvolcanic cave traditionally said to be inhabited
• 六角穴付ろっかくあなつきhexagon socket head; Allen socket head
• 六角穴付きろっかくあなつきhexagon socket head; Allen socket head
• 六角穴付きボルトろっかくあなつきボルトhex socket head cap bolt
• 六角穴付ボルトろっかくあなつきボルトhex socket head cap bolt
• 十字穴付きねじじゅうじあなつきねじcross-head screw; Phillips-head screw
• 同じ穴のムジナおなじあなのムジナ(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather
• 塚穴つかあなgrave
• 屑穴子くずあなごduck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)
• 岩穴いわあなcavern; grotto
• 川穴子かわあなごspinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala); spined sleeper
• 巣穴すあなnesting hole; burrow
• 弾機穴針だんきあなはりsplit-eye needle

Other readings

• カギ穴かぎあなkeyhole
• ケツの穴けつのあなanus; asshole
• ケツの穴が小さいけつのあながちいさいsmall-minded; petty
• ナミ穴針なみあなはりneedle with a normal eye
• 同じ穴の狢おなじあなのムジナ(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather
• 大穴牟遅命おおあなむちのみことOkuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
• 大穴牟遅神おおなむちのかみOkuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
• 尻の穴が小さいけつのあながちいさいsmall-minded; petty
• 尻穴けつめどanus

Showing the 60 most common of 193 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 穴

• 子
• 針
• 開
• 空
• 熊
• 一
• 入
• 同
• 付
• 掘
• 天
• 六