Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
den, cave, excavation
Kun:
ほら
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1618 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 洞 【ドウ】 sinus, cavity, antrum, neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
  • 洞察 【ドウサツ】 discernment, insight
  • 空洞 【クウドウ】 cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, hollow
  • 風洞 【フウドウ】 wind tunnel

Kun reading compounds

  • 洞 【ほら】 hollow, cavity, hole, cave
  • 洞穴 【ほらあな】 cave, cavern, den, grotto

Readings

Japanese names:
とう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong4
Korean:
dong, tong

Spanish

  • cavidad
  • hueco
  • excavación
  • prever

Portuguese

  • gruta
  • caverna
  • escavação

French

  • antre
  • grotte
  • excavation
1661 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1756 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1468 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
821 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1301 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1380 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1844 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1191 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
455 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
340 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17386 Morohashi
380 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3125 New Nelson (John Haig)
181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
193 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1276 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a6.25 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-38-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d1e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
courtyard, garden, yard
Kun:
にわ
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
816 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 庭園 【テイエン】 garden, park
  • 庭球 【テイキュウ】 tennis
  • 前庭 【ゼンテイ】 front garden, front yard, vestibule (of the ear)
  • 営庭 【エイテイ】 open space within a barracks compound

Kun reading compounds

  • 庭 【にわ】 garden, yard, courtyard, field (of action), area
  • 庭木 【にわき】 garden tree
  • 前庭 【ぜんてい】 front garden, front yard, vestibule (of the ear)
  • 奥庭 【おくにわ】 inner garden, back yard

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting2
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • patio
  • jardín

Portuguese

  • jardim
  • quintal

French

  • jardin
  • cour
477 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
372 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
352 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
560 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1514 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
402 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
512 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1112 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
542 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
591 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3866 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
597 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9337X Morohashi
3114 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 New Nelson (John Haig)
590 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
634 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
361 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
567 2001 Kanji
3q6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-6 SKIP code
0024.1 Four corner code
1-36-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ead Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
lake
Kun:
みずうみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1344 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 湖 【コ】 lake (in place names)
  • 湖沼 【コショウ】 lake, marsh, wetland, inland waters
  • 汽水湖 【キスイコ】 brackish lake
  • 塩水湖 【エンスイコ】 saltwater or saline lake

Kun reading compounds

  • 湖 【みずうみ】 lake
  • 白鳥の湖 【はくちょうのみずうみ】 Swan Lake (ballet)
  • 白鳥の湖 【はくちょうのみずうみ】 Swan Lake (ballet)

Readings

Japanese names:
うみ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • lago

Portuguese

  • lago

French

  • lac
394 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
293 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
276 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1086 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2628 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
573 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
699 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1584 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
467 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
475 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
453 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1220 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
736 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
439 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
150 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17836 Morohashi
604 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3240 New Nelson (John Haig)
148 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
396 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346 2001 Kanji
3a9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-24-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e56 Unicode hex code