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洞

JLPT N1 9 strokes Frequency: #1618

Meanings

Den, Cave, Excavation

Radicals

氵

Decomposition

⿰氵同

Etymology

Pictophonetic: water

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot bottom-to-top

3 rising bottom-left-to-top-right

4 vertical right-to-left

5 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ドウ dou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほら hora

Words Using This Kanji

42 words total

Other (20 words)

空洞化くうどうか

making hollow

洞穴ほらあな

cave

hollow

洞察どうさつ

discernment

風洞ふうどう

wind tunnel

空洞化現象くうどうかげんしょう

hollowing-out phenomenon

洞門どうもん

cave entrance

洞察力どうさつりょく

insight

洞見どうけん

insight

石灰洞せっかいどう

limestone cave

海食洞かいしょくどう

sea cave

雪洞せつどう

snow cave

洞角どうかく

hollow horn

曹洞宗そうとうしゅう

Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)

晶洞しょうどう

druse

洞井守ほらいもり

olm (Proteus anguinus)

洞毛どうもう

(animal) whiskers

溶岩洞穴ようがんほらあな

lava cave

溶岩洞ようがんどう

lava tube

空洞くうどう

cavity

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