穿

noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. probing (into), digging (into), prying (into), scrutiny, poking one's nose into, poking around.
  2. excavation, digging. Obsolete term.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
穿
穿鑿 せんさく
せん
穿
ざく
穿鑿 せんざく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

put on (to the feet), dig, pierce
は.く うが.つ セン (Kentei Pre-1)
hole, aperture, slit
あな ケツ けな (6th, N1)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
tusk, fang, tusk radical (no. 92)
きば ガ ゲ (11th)
chisel
サク のみ うが.つ (Kentei 1)
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
to separate the grain from the husk
ソウ ショウ うすじく
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
mortar
うす キュウ グ (11th)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)