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窟 = 屈 + 穴

窟 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cavern”. It is built from 屈 (yield) and 穴 (hole). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1420.

Keyword
cavern
RTK frame
1420
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
クツ, コツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いわや, いはや, あな
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пещера
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
窟 hole

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 屈 yield
  2. 穴 hole

How to find 窟 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “yield” + “hole”. 窟 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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