The kanji 洞: meaning, readings and stroke order
洞
- Meaning
- cave, hollow
- On reading
- ドウ dou
- Kun reading
- ほら hora
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hang, động (động)
- Japanese
- ほらあな。なかが からっぽ。
- Korean
- 동굴, 굴 (동·통)
- Chinese
- 洞穴、山洞
Readings, words and example sentences
ドウ dou · on reading · less common
洞くつ
cave
山の 洞くつを 探検します。
We explore a cave in the mountains.
ほら hora · kun reading · less common
洞あな
cave, hollow
洞あなの 中は くらいです。
It is dark inside the cave.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.