洞 — Chinese character
洞
dòng
cave, grotto, hole, ravine
- Pinyin
- dòng
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 同
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 同
- Japanese
- 洞 as a kanji
Common words with 洞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漏洞 | lòu dòng | leak; hole |
| 洞穴 | dòng xué | cave; cavern |
| 黑洞 | hēi dòng | (astronomy) black hole |
| 空洞 | kōng dòng | cavity; empty |
| 山洞 | shān dòng | cavern; cave |
| 洞口 | dòng kǒu | cave mouth; tunnel entrance |
| 洞察 | dòng chá | to see clearly |
| 坑洞 | kēng dòng | hole; pit |
| 洞察力 | dòng chá lì | insight |
| 洞窟 | dòng kū | a cave |
| 洞房 | dòng fáng | secret inner room; bridal room |
| 无底洞 (無底洞) | wú dǐ dòng | bottomless pit |
English words written with 洞
洞 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.