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洞
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cave

HSK 5 N1
Abstract →Space
dòng
ドウ
ほら
동, 통
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 同 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 同 same =
洞 cave
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
同 Phonetic component
tóng same
(used in given names)
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
洞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
洞 [dòng]
cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[gè]
Japanese
洞 ほら 同音
noun hollow; cavity; hole; cave
洞 どう 同音

noun

  1. anatomy sinus; cavity; antrum
  2. neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
虚ろ 、 空ろ 、 洞ろ (rare) 、 洞 (rare) うつろ 同音
  1. nounadj-na cavity; hollow; void
  2. adj-na hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.); empty (words, heart, etc.)
虚 、 空 、 洞 うろ 、 うつお (old) 、 うつほ (old) 、 うつせ (old) 同音
noun hollow; cavity; hole
Korean
동 [洞]
Affix
-dong; A suffix used to mean a grotto or a cave.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
洞窟からうつろに反響する音を耳にした。
We heard somber hollow sounds from the cave.
Japanese Names
洞 うつぼ
Utsubo surname
洞 たもつ
Tamotsu unclassified name
洞 どう
Dou surname
洞 はやし
Hayashi surname
洞 はるか
Haruka given name
洞 ほう
Hou surname
洞 ほが
Hoga surname
洞 ほこら
Hokora surname
洞 ほら
Hora surname
洞 ほらさき
Horasaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (127)
漏洞 [lòu​dòng] #6,822
leak
洞穴 [dòng​xué] #6,385
cave
黑洞 [hēi​dòng] #7,598
(astronomy) black hole
山洞 [shān​dòng] #8,935
cavern
空洞 [kōng​dòng] #11,098
cavity
洞口 [Dòng​kǒu] #16,933
Dongkou county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shào​yáng], Hunan
洞察力 [dòng​chá​lì] #14,295
insight
洞察 [dòng​chá] #24,047
to see clearly
防空洞 [fáng​kōng​dòng] #15,789
air-raid shelter
洞悉 [dòng​xī] #23,159
to clearly understand
117 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (52)
⭐ 洞窟 [どうくつ] #8,184
cave
虚ろ [うつろ] #8,704
cavity
⭐ 空洞 [くうどう] #10,868
cavity
空 [くう] #12,601
empty air
⭐ 洞穴 [ほらあな] #19,148
cave
洞察力 [どうさつりょく] #21,934
insight
⭐ 洞察 [どうさつ] #31,961
discernment
⭐ 鍾乳洞 [しょうにゅうどう] #40,833
limestone cave
虚 [うろ] #68,302
hollow
空洞化 [くうどうか] #92,777
making hollow
42 more items
KOREAN WORDS (4)
동굴 #13,668
cave
공동화
hollowing out
통찰
insight; discernment; perception
통찰력
insight; discernment; perception