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坑 = 亢 + 土

坑 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pit”. It is built from 亢 (whirlwind) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 328.

Keyword
pit
RTK frame
328
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
яма
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
坑 pit

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亢 whirlwind
  2. 土 soil

How to find 坑 without knowing its reading

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

Open 坑 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.