Kanji

窟

Meaning

cavern

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • いわや
  • いはや
  • ほら あな ぐま cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)

On'yomi

  • り くつ theory
  • どう くつ cave
  • くつ いん cave temple
  • こつ

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/13

Related Entries

窟 やぐら
caves dug as tombs in and arou...
窟 いわや
cavern, grotto

Component Analysis

窟
cavern
いわや, いはや, クツ
穴
hole, aperture, slit...
あな, ケツ
宀
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン, メン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
や, や.つ, ハチ
屈
yield, bend, flinch...
かが.む, かが.める, クツ
尸
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
かたしろ, シ
出
exit, leave, go out...
で.る, -で, シュツ
屮
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
ひだりて, テツ, サ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン

Common Words

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