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洞

洞 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「同」。「流れが速い」を意味する漢語｛洞｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

den, cave, excavation

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ドウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ほらJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • とう
Other languages
  • 拼音dong4
  • 한글dong
  • 한글tong
  • Hán-ViệtĐỗng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6D1E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵同

Words using this kanji

  • 洞ほらhollow, cavity, hole, cave
  • 洞察どうさつ物事を優れた観察力で見抜くこと。discernment, insight
  • 洞窟どうくつ崖や岩石にできた奥行きの深い穴。cave, cavern, grotto
  • 洞穴ほらあな（どうけつ）洞窟。 ほらあな 参照。cave, cavern, den, grotto
  • 洞どうsinus, cavity, antrum, neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
  • 洞見どうけん洞察すること。insight, discernment
  • 洞門どうもん洞穴の入り口。また、そこにつくられた門。cave entrance, tunnel
  • 洞角どうかく哺乳類の角で枝がなく中空の角。hollow horn, cavicorn
  • 洞簫どうしょう中国の管楽器の一つ。前側に五つ、後ろ側に一つの穴があり、尺八に似た縦笛。dongxiao (Chinese bamboo flute similar to a shakuhachi)
  • 洞毛どうもう(animal) whiskers, vibrissae
  • 洞道とうどうケーブルや管を通すための地下道やトンネル。service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
  • 洞房どうぼう奥深い部屋。寝室。 遊女の部屋。sinoatrial, inner bedroom, brothel
  • 洞察力どうさつりょく物事を深く観察する能力。insight, discernment, perception, perspicacity
  • 洞井守ほらいもりolm (Proteus anguinus)
  • 洞結節どうけっせつsinus node, sinoatrial node
  • 洞窟熊ほらあなぐまcave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)
  • 洞調律どうちょうりつsinus rhythm
  • 洞房結節どうぼうけっせつsinoatrial node
  • 洞窟潜水どうくつせんすいcave diving
  • 洞窟壁画どうくつへきがcave painting

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
3712.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a6.25
Heisig
193
Nelson
2546