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Kanji Detail for 洞 - "cave, cavity"

洞

  • Meaning

    洞 means "cave, cavity." Also associated with penetrate.

    1. Cave - A natural underground hollow.

    2. Cavity - A hollow space; an empty area.

    3. Penetrate - To see through; to understand deeply.

    4. Insight - The ability to see into the true nature of things.

  • Words using 洞

    • 空洞 くうどう Listen cavity; hollow; cave
    • 洞察 どうさつ Listen discernment; insight

  • Tattoo check: 洞

    • Verified meaning: cave, cavity
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うつぼ, たもつ, どう, はやし)
    • Also carries these associations: penetrate

    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.

  • Name readings of 洞

    Given names 洞(はるか)Listen

    Surnames 洞(うつぼ)Listen 洞(たもつ)Listen 洞(どう)Listen 洞(はやし)Listen 洞(ほう)Listen 洞(ほが)Listen 洞(ほこら)Listen 洞(ほら)Listen 洞(ほらさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    den; cave; excavation

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cave, grotto; ravine; hole

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cave, grotto, hole, ravine

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A deep cave. | A hole. Anything pierced through is commonly called 洞. | Penetrating thoroughly. As in describing someone's keen perception as 洞鑒 (penetrating insight).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    doh(ドウ) ドウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hora(ほら) ほら

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    cave cavity penetrate deeply understand discern insight pass through profound den grotto burrow crevice excavation hole hollow opening pit recess subterranean pierce knowledge

Sentences including 洞

  • This is what i found in the cave.

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