洞 — dong, tong

Parts that make up 洞

How 洞 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 洞 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 同.

Korean example words with 洞

• 동내洞內 Korean gloss: 동네 안
• 동중洞中 Korean gloss: 동네 안
• 동폐洞弊 Korean gloss: 동네 안의 폐단
• 근동近洞 Korean gloss: 가까운 이웃 동네
• 동혈洞穴 Korean gloss: 깊고 넓은 굴의 구멍
• 본동本洞 Korean gloss: 자기가 살고 있는 동네
• 동각洞閣 Korean gloss: 마을 사람들이 모이는 집
• 동명洞名 Korean gloss: 동(洞)이나 동네의 이름
• 일동一洞 Korean gloss: 한 동리. 또는 온 동리
• 동민洞民 Korean gloss: 한동네에서 같이 사는 사람
• 동임洞任 Korean gloss: 동네의 일을 맡아보는 사람
• 동사洞祠 Korean gloss: 마을의 수호신을 모시는 사당

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 洞

• 空洞くうどう cavity; hollow; cave
• 洞ほら hollow; cavity; hole
• 洞察どうさつ discernment; insight
• 洞窟どうくつ cave; cavern; grotto
• 洞穴ほらあな cave; cavern; den
• 鍾乳洞しょうにゅうどう limestone cave; limestone cavern
• 風洞ふうどう wind tunnel
• 洞見どうけん insight; discernment
• 洞門どうもん cave entrance; tunnel
• 雪洞せつどう snow cave (in mountaineering); snow hole
• 洞角どうかく hollow horn; cavicorn
• 晶洞しょうどう druse; globular calcium oxalate crystals, often lining a rock cavity

Characters sharing the phonetic 同

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “동” in Korean.

Other hanja read “동”

Other hanja with radical 水