1. 洞
  2. 穴

洞

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  • 1013th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 76 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
洞→
氵同
2Radical
洞→
氵water冂upside down box一one口mouth
3Graphical
洞→
⺀㇀冂一口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)cave • hole • zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 洞 dòng (dong4)The component 同 is pronounced as 'tóng' (tong2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 洞 dòng (dong4)The component 同 is pronounced as 'tòng' (tong4). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

洞 also appears in:
霘

Example Words

Common

洞察 
漏洞 
空洞 
耳洞 

Uncommon

地洞 
山洞 
洞口 
洞天 
洞察力 
洞庭湖 
洞悉 
洞房 
洞房花烛夜 (洞房花燭夜)
洞穴 
溶洞 
漏洞百出 
破洞 
闹洞房 (鬧洞房)
黑洞 
龙洞 (龍洞)

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穴

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Previous (碗)Next (膀)
  • 1937th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 35 words
  • Component in 80 characters

Decomposition

1Once
穴→
宀八
2Radical
穴→
穴cave
3Graphical
穴→
冖丶八

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xué (xue2)cave • cavity • hole • acupuncture point • Taiwan pr. [xue4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 穴 xué (xue2)The component 穴 is pronounced as 'xué' (xue2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

穴 also appears in:
空究突控穿窗穷挖腔穴窝窃窄窑帘窜窥窦窟窘窍窒窖穹榨蹿窿邃窠窈窕窣窸崆倥窀撺窨窳窭穸窆窬竅邊醡箜藭鴥窩镩竇窋窔鞚鴪鶟穻窮竄窪窼窊聜窌窅窾葖袕窇窎穵窯竂躻鵼窤竈穽窫

Example Words

Common

太阳穴 (太陽穴)
穴位 

Uncommon

墓穴 
巢穴 
武穴 
死穴 
洞穴 
穴道 
空穴来风 (空穴來風)
走穴 
点穴 (點穴)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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