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Concave Open Box 凹 オウ くぼ.む、へこ.む、ぼこ Hollow Sunken

Kanji
Onyomi オウ
Kunyomi くぼ.む、へこ.む、ぼこ
English concave, hollow, sunken
Examples 凸凹(でこぼこ): unevenness; roughness; ruggedness
凹む(へこむ): (1) to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in (2) to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2206
Components 凵: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17)
Number of Strokes 5
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 17
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading かんにょう・うけばこ・かんがまえ
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword concave
Koohii Story 1 The letter "U" is concavely written.
Koohii Story 2 Concave has a concave shape.
RTK Index 33

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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