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Kanji Detail for 凹 - "concave, hollow, dent"
凹
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Meaning
凹 means "concave, hollow, dent."
Concave - Curved inward.
Hollow - Having a depression or cavity.
Dent - An indentation.
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Words using 凹
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凸凹
でこぼこ
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness
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凹み
くぼみ
hollow; cavity; dent
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凹む
へこむ
to be dented; to be indented; to yield
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凸凹
でこぼこ
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Tattoo check: 凹
- Verified meaning: concave, hollow, dent
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
concave; hollow; sunken
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
concave, hollow, depressed; a pass, valley
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
concave, hollow; depressed; pass, valley
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Opposite of 凸. Low and depressed. All things that are depressed are called 凹. Objects with elasticity are said to have 凹凸力 (elasticity), such as rubber balls.
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Sentences including 凹
車、凹んでるよ。
The car is dented.
This road is unpaved and uneven.
なぜゴルフボールには凹みがあるの？
Why do golf balls have dimples?
I'm a bit down because a blogger friend of mine has decided to stop blogging.