窟 — kanji meaning “cavern”
窟
cavern
- Meanings
- cavern
- On'yomi
- クツ (kutsu)、コツ (kotsu)
- Kun'yomi
- いわや、いはや、あな
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 116
- Chinese reading
- kū — Chinese character page
Words with 窟
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洞窟 | どうくつ doukutsu | cave; cavern; grotto |
| 巣窟 | そうくつ soukutsu | den; haunt; hangout |
| 石窟 | せっくつ sekkutsu | cavern; grotto; rock cave |
| 魔窟 | まくつ makutsu | den of vice; rogue's den |
| 岩窟 | がんくつ gankutsu | cave; cavern |
| 貧民窟 | ひんみんくつ hinminkutsu | slum |
| 窟院 | くついん kutsuin | cave temple |
| 阿片窟 | あへんくつ ahenkutsu | opium den |
| 仙窟 | せんくつ senkutsu | enchanted cave |
| 私娼窟 | ししょうくつ shishoukutsu | brothel; house of ill repute; red-light district |
| 狡兎三窟 | こうとさんくつ koutosankutsu | very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger |
| 洞窟熊 | ほらあなぐま horaanaguma | cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus) |
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