Jisho

×

14 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
Variants:
depression, cave in, sink, become hollow
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1853 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曲窪 【キョクワ】 downwarp

Kun reading compounds

  • 窪む 【くぼむ】 to cave in, to become depressed, to sink
  • 凹み 【くぼみ】 hollow, cavity, dent, depression
  • 窪まる 【くぼまる】 to cave in, to become depressed, to sink
  • 窪 【くぼ】 hollow, cavity, sunken place, vagina, female genitalia
  • 凹み 【くぼみ】 hollow, cavity, dent, depression
  • 片えくぼ 【かたえくぼ】 dimple on one cheek
  • 盆の窪 【ぼんのくぼ】 hollow at nape of the neck, toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wa1
Korean:
wa

Spanish

  • depresión
  • cavidad
  • hueco

Portuguese

French

  • dépression
  • s'effondrer
  • s'enfoncer
  • se creuser
1510 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3334 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2203 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2962 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2063 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1334 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25580 Morohashi
2348 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4209 New Nelson (John Haig)
1323 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1421 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m11.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-5-9 SKIP code
3011.4 Four corner code
1-23-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7aaa Unicode hex code