Meaning: hole, opening
Components: 宀 (no meaning), 八 (eight) or katakana ハ
My hack: What sound would come out of your mouth if you fell in a hole? “Uwha?!” (ウハ?!)
穴（あな、ケツ）
Posted in: 5 strokes, Grade 6, JLPT 1, Radicals
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It kind of looks like a lid on a volcano… =0.0= SO:
The ,-’-, looks like -’- (pot lid) and if you take the ‘lid’ off, then there’s a HOLE.