洞
cavern; den; cave; excavation
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1618.
Readings
- ドウ (on reading): 洞窟 (どうくつ) cave; 空洞 (くうどう) cavity
- ほら (kun reading): 洞穴 (ほらあな) cave; 洞 (ほら) hollow
- Read as a whole word: 雪洞 (ぼんぼり) paper-covered lamp or lantern
Components
- 氵
- 同
- 一 radical one
- 冂 radical open box, upside down
- 口 radical mouth
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
Words using 洞
- 洞窟 (どうくつ) cave
- 空洞 (くうどう) cavity
- 風洞 (ふうどう) wind tunnel
- 洞察 (どうさつ) discernment
- 洞察力 (どうさつりょく) insight
- 洞穴 (ほらあな) cave
- 洞 (ほら) hollow
- 溶岩洞穴 (ようがんほらあな) lava cave
- 洞ヶ峠を決め込む (ほらがとうげをきめこむ) to wait for a good opportunity
- 雪洞 (ぼんぼり) paper-covered lamp or lantern
- 曹洞宗 (そうとうしゅう) Soto school (of Zen Buddhism)
- 仙洞 (せんとう) residence of a retired emperor
- 洞爺湖サミット (とうやこサミット) G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
- 洞道 (とうどう) service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
- 仙洞御所 (せんとうごしょ) palace of a retired emperor
54 words in all.