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

13 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 窟院 【クツイン】 cave temple
  • 巣窟 【ソウクツ】 den, haunt, hangout, nest, lair
  • 宝窟 【ホウクツ】 treasure mine

Kun reading compounds

  • 岩屋 【いわや】 cavern, grotto

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1
Korean:
gul

Spanish

Portuguese

French

  • grotte
  • caverne
3331 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1943 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2923 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1335 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25552 Morohashi
2328 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4206 New Nelson (John Haig)
2615 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1420 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-5-8 SKIP code
3027.2 Four corner code
1-23-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a9f Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete
Parts:
Variants:
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Kun:
くら.べる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
  • 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
  • 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ぴっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3, bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • comparación
  • proporción
  • relación
  • Filipinas
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • comparar
  • corrida
  • razão
  • Phillipines

French

  • comparer
  • compétition
  • proportion
  • Philippines
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
792 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
771 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2470 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
29 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16743 Morohashi
26 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3010 New Nelson (John Haig)
447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
2m3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2171.0 Four corner code
2111.0 Four corner code
1-40-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd4 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 教諭 【キョウユ】 (licensed) teacher
  • 比喩 【ヒユ】 simile, metaphor, allegory, parable

Kun reading compounds

  • 例える 【たとえる】 to compare (something) to, to liken, to speak figuratively, to use a simile, to use a metaphor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • ejemplo
  • persuasión
  • ejemplificar
  • dar ejemplo
  • persuadir

Portuguese

French

947 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2064 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2100 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
671 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
508 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3979 Morohashi
553 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
839 New Nelson (John Haig)
308 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
6802.1 Four corner code
6803.7 Four corner code
1-51-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
55a9 Unicode hex code