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穿 = 牙 + 穴

穿 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “drill”. It is built from 牙 (tusk) and 穴 (hole). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2661.

Keyword
drill
RTK frame
2661
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
うが.つ, は.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
put on (to the feet), сверлить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
穿 penetrate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牙 tusk
  2. 穴 hole

How to find 穿 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tusk” + “hole”. 穿 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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