Japanese symbol for “bottomless”
底抜け
そこぬけ
Romaji: sokonuke
bottomless (bucket, etc.)
In Japanese, bottomless is 底抜け, read そこぬけ (sokonuke).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n bottomless (bucket, etc.)
- adj-na, adj-no, n unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; extreme; uninhibited
- adj-no, n imprudent; indiscreet; undisciplined; careless
- n extremely heavy drinker
- n freefall (of a market) (finc)
Written forms: 底抜け、底ぬけ. Readings: そこぬけ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bottomless”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 千尋 | せんじん senjin | great depth; bottomless |
| 底なし | そこなし sokonashi | bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite |
| 底知れぬ | そこしれぬ sokoshirenu | bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable |
| 底知れず | そこしれず sokoshirezu | bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable |
| 底知れない | そこしれない sokoshirenai | bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徹底 | てってい tettei | thoroughness; completeness; consistency |
| 海底 | かいてい kaitei | bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed |
| 到底 | とうてい toutei | (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all |
| 根底 | こんてい kontei | root; basis; foundation |
| 底辺 | ていへん teihen | base (of a polygon) |
| 心底 | しんそこ shinsoko | bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts |
| 抜群 | ばつぐん batsugun | outstanding; excellent; exceptional |
| 抜き | ぬき nuki | leaving out; omitting; skipping |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bottomless”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.