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U+7A74, 穴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A74

[U+7A73]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7A75]
U+2F73, ⽳
KANGXI RADICAL CAVE

[U+2F72]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F74]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #116, .

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms 𠕉
𥤢

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Pictogram (象形) —possibly an entrance to a cave or a door flap. A conservative version is 𠕉. See also .

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • huag8 - Shantou;
  • huêg8 - Chaozhou.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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/
/ɕie²¹³/
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 (Hokkien) /hiat̚⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hieʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xiɛ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /huak̚⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hit̚³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (88)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter hwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwet̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷet̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwɛt̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣuet̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣiwet̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣiwet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xué
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jyut6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14092
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷliːɡ/

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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  • (hole):
  • (cave):

Compounds

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References

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  • (Southern Min) Entry #1869”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
  • (Puxian Min) 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 271.

Japanese

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Shinjitai  
Kyūjitai
[1][2][3]

穴󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
 
穴󠄄
+&#xE0104;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. hole, opening

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
あな
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ana.

First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あな) (ana

  1. hole
    (くつ)(した)(あな)()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: (kuchi)
  3. pit
    Synonym: ()
  4. cave, cavern
    Synonym: (hora)
  5. lair, den, burrow
    Synonym: 岩屋 (iwaya)
  6. loss, deficit
    Synonym: 損失 (sonshitsu)
  7. flaw, defect
    Synonym: 欠点 (ketten)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
けつ
Grade: 6
kan'on
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
けつ
[noun] (informal) ass; arse; buttocks
[noun] (informal) last or hindermost part
[noun] (informal) upcoming item on the schedule
[noun] (informal) gay sex, sex between two men
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “”, in 字通 (Jitsū)[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
  2. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1582 (paper), page 843 (digital)
  3. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 905 (paper), page 465 (digital)
  4. ^ 穴・孔”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  5. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 구멍 (gumeong hyeol))

  1. (구멍 혈, gumeong-): hole, hollow
  2. (구덩이 혈, gudeong'i-): pit, ditch
  3. ( 혈, gul-): cave, cavern, cavity; den, burrow, sett
  4. ( 혈, um-): dugout

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: huyệt

  1. chữ Hán form of huyệt (grave; acupoint).

Compounds

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