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Kanji Detail for 窪 - "hollow"

窪

  • Meaning

    窪 means "hollow." Also associated with low, to dig.

    1. Hollow - A depression; a sunken area.

    2. Dip - A low-lying place; a pit.

    3. Concave - Curved inward.

  • Origin of 窪

    穴, a hole, over 洼, which lends the reading wa: a hollow, a depression that gathers water. Read kubo — 窪む and 笑窪 are everyday words, and the character is everywhere in place names and surnames besides, 荻窪, 窪田.

    How to remember it: A hollow 穴 with water sitting in it — the dip in the ground.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: hollow
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くぼ, くぼさき)
    • Also carries these associations: low, to dig

    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 窪

    Surnames 窪(くぼ)Listen 窪(くぼさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    depression; cave in; sink; become hollow

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hollow; pit; depression; swamp

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pit, hollow, depression; swamp

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

    Low-lying and sunken land. Originally written as 窪.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    a(ア) ア

    wa(ワ) ワ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kubo(くぼ) くぼ

    kubo.maru(くぼ-まる) くぼ-まる

    kubo.mi(くぼみ) くぼみ

    kubo.mu(くぼ-む) くぼ-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    穴 (ana・anakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    hollow low to dig depression concavity basin dent pit sunken crater dimple dip recess sink indentation

Sentences including 窪

  • When in love, even pockmarks are dimples.

  • What's a good way to get to Ogikubo?

  • Why do golf balls have dimples?

  • Rain formed pools in the hollow spaces on the rocks.

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