Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8

crevice, fissure, discord, opportunity, leisure

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mound oka

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

potential space
slit; interstice
gap; opening
porosity
gap
crack; slit
porosity

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

gap; opening
gap; opening
niche industry
before one could; in no time at all
chink in the armor (armour)
time flies; like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi)
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
closely; compactly
to wait for an opportune moment; to bide one's time
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning)

Example sentences

He is utterly unguarded.

The criminal and his companions ran away while we weren't looking.

The man peeped through a hole in the wall.

The rain was dripping through a leak in the roof.