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穴 means 'hole'

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Strokes : 5    Radical number: 116    Frequency: 1113   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-12    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 42 words   Used in 122 words   Used in 420 names   Component in 96 kanji (11 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ケツ
Kun
   あな hole
Additional readings
Name    けな   しし   な
Variants
⽳  
Notes
When used as a component, this usually looks like the combination of 宀 (roof) and 儿 (legs). A similar component exists which looks like the combination of 冖 (cover; covered) and 儿 (legs) (i.e. 㓁 (net)) which is actually a variant of 'net'.
Learn to perceive the whole hole in characters such as 窓 (window), rather than mistaking the top part for the 宀 radical. And find out why the sky (15: 空) has holes in it!
Components
⿱  宀 roof  ハ (八) katakana 'ha'; eight  
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See also
欠 lack  㓁 (网) net  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 穴 is used 3 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 穴 is used 117 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ケツ : 21 words FIND ALL
ぼ け つ 0
noun
grave, specifically the hole in the ground
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ケツ (read as けっ) : 2 words FIND ALL
け っ き ょ 1
cave dwelling; troglodytism
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あな : 94 words FIND ALL
あ な 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. hole  (see also: 穴が開く; also read めど for this sense)
2. deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
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An additional when looks like combination of 宀 and 儿, use hole; when top is 冖, ie 㓁, use net less common words include 穴 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 860 (originally: 849)  Joy o' Kanji : 849  Key to Kanji: 264 

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穴
ケツ   あな hole   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
宀
roof   
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