穽

Information about character(s)

Radical: 穴
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 阱

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jǐng
Cantonese: zing6
JapaneseKun: OTOSHIANA
JapaneseOn: SEI
Korean: CENG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: hole; pitfall, trap

康熙字典文字版 【午集下】【穴字部】穽
【集韻】【正韻】𠀤疾正切，音淨。【說文】陷也，所以取獸者。一曰穿地陷獸也。【書·費誓】杜乃擭，斂乃穽。【疏】穽以捕小獸，穿地爲深坑，入不能出，其上不設機，小異于擭。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤疾郢切，音靜。義同。　【集韻】本作阱。