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Den Water 洞 ドウ ほら とう Cave Excavation

Kanji
Onyomi ドウ
Kunyomi ほら
Nanori とう
English den, cave, excavation
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1618
Components 水: water
同: same; agree; equal
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword den
Koohii Story 1 All the animals in the den share the same water.
Koohii Story 2 Den and "cave" also make me think of a monk´s cell. Monks take vows of silence and fast. So a den is where you´d find nothing but water (to drink) and a monk.
RTK Index 181

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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