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洞 = 水 + 同

洞 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “den”. It is built from 水 (water) and 同 (same). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 193.

Keyword
den
RTK frame
193
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ドウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
логово
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
洞 cave

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 同 same

How to find 洞 without knowing its reading

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

Open 洞 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.