Meanings
Readings
Common Words
hole; opening; orifice; perforation
pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground)
burrow; den; lair; holt; hole
deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss
gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening
flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole
good place not many people know about; well-kept secret
upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse
Theatre jargon
(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
Archaic
hiding place; hideout
pore (of the skin)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
Full name of a particular person
Confucius
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
The core concepts or meanings associated with this specific kanji.
Constituents
The visual building blocks used to craft this character's story.
Mnemonic Stories
We warned him about cavities, but our child is still hooked on sweets.
The dentist operates on the child with hook-like implements to fix his cavity.
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