Kanji1 / 9
洞 kanji
den, cave, excavation
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
ドウ
Kun readings
ほら
Words with 洞
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —空洞Popularcavity; hollow; cave; cavern; hollow
- —洞窟Popularcave; cavern; grotto
- —洞察Populardiscernment; insight
- —鍾乳洞Popularlimestone cave; limestone cavern
- —洞sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
- —風洞wind tunnel
- —洞見insight; discernment
- —洞門cave entrance; tunnel
- —雪洞snow cave (in mountaineering); snow hole
- —洞角hollow horn; cavicorn
- —晶洞druse; globular calcium oxalate crystals, often lining a rock cavity
- —洞簫dongxiao (Chinese bamboo flute similar to a shakuhachi)
- —洞毛(animal) whiskers; vibrissae
- —類洞sinusoid
- —樹洞tree hollow; hollow in a tree
- —洞道service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
- —洞房sinoatrial; inner bedroom; brothel
- —膣洞vaginal cavity; vagina
- —窩洞dental cavity (due to caries)
- —仙洞residence of a retired emperor; dwelling of a former emperor; retired emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus