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Kanji Detail for 窟 - "cave"

窟

  • Meaning

    窟 means "cave." Also associated with den, hideout.

    1. Cave - A natural underground hollow.

    2. Den - A wild animal's lair.

    3. Hideout - A secret place of refuge.

  • Four-character idioms with 窟

    • 狡兎三窟 こうとさんくつ Listen very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger

  • Tattoo check: 窟

    • Verified meaning: cave
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いわ, いわや)
    • Also carries these associations: den, hideout

    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 窟

    Surnames 窟(いわ)Listen 窟(いわや)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cavern

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hole, cave; cellar; underground

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cave; hole

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hole, cave; cellar; underground

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

    A hole. Animal holes are called 窟. A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Seen in (Strategies of the Warring States).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kotsu(コツ) コツ

    kutsu(クツ) クツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ana(あな) あな

    ihaya(いはや) いはや

    iwaya(いわや) いわや

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    穴 (ana・anakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    cave den hideout burrow grotto abyss cavity crevice excavation hollow karst lair natural refuge secret sinkhole speleology spelunking subterranean tunnel underground

Sentences including 窟

  • This is what i found in the cave.

More kanji with the radical 穴 (ana・anakammuri)

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