穿

穿 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 9 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

put on (to the feet), dig, pierce, drill

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
Kun (native)
  • うが(つ)
  • は(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音chuan1
  • 한글cheon
  • Hán-ViệtXuyên

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
穴(あな)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+7A7F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱穴牙

Words using this kanji

  • 穿刺せんし体液や組織の採取、薬剤注入などのため、体内に注射針を差し入れること。paracentesis, centesis, puncture, tap
  • 穿通せんつうpenetration
  • 穿鑿せんさく穴を穿つこと。 細かいところまで立ち入って、根掘り葉掘り尋ね、調べること。 あれこれ細かく憶測すること。probing (into), digging (into), prying (into), scrutiny
  • 穿孔せんこうあなを開けること。あなが開くこと。また、そのあな。perforation, punching, boring, drilling
  • 穿つうがつto drill, to bore, to pierce, to pass through
  • 穿るほじるto dig up, to dig out, to pick (nose, teeth, etc.), to clean (ears)
  • 穿頭せんとうtrepanation, trephination, trepanning, trephining
  • 穿山甲せんざんこうセンザンコウpangolin, scaly anteater
  • 穿孔機せんこうき工作物に穴を開ける機械。 電子計算機でカードやテープに穴を開ける機械。drilling machine, boring machine, drill press, keypunch
  • 穿孔部せんこうぶpunch station
  • 穿ったうがったshrewd, penetrating, keen
  • 穿頭術せんとうじゅつtrepanation, trephination, trepanning, trephining
  • 穿孔位置せんこういちpunch position, punching position
  • 穿孔機構せんこうきこうpunch (e.g. card, tape)
  • 穿孔装置せんこうそうちpunch
  • 穿孔通路せんこうつうろpunch path
  • 穿ち過ぎうがちすぎreading too much into things
  • 穿ちすぎたうがちすぎたfarfetched
  • 穿孔カードせんこうカード「パンチカード」を参照。punch card
  • 穿孔テープせんこうテープpunched tape, (perforated) paper tape

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(52 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-7
Four Corner
3024.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m7.10
Heisig
2661
Nelson
3323