Jisho

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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

6 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
ground, earth
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code