窟 — gul

Parts that make up 窟

How 窟 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 窟 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 穴, 屈.

Korean example words with 窟

• 암굴暗窟 Korean gloss: 어두운 굴
• 적굴賊窟 Korean gloss: 도둑의 소굴
• 잠굴潛窟 Korean gloss: 숨어 있는 곳
• 폐굴廢窟 Korean gloss: 못 쓰게 된 굴
• 굴문窟門 Korean gloss: 굴로 드나드는 문
• 산굴山窟 Korean gloss: 산속에 있는 동굴
• 굴실窟室 Korean gloss: 굴 안에 만든 공간
• 쌍굴雙窟 Korean gloss: 나란히 있는 두 개의 굴
• 굴방窟房 Korean gloss: 빛이 들어오지 아니하는 어두운 방
• 동굴洞窟 Korean gloss: 자연적으로 생긴 깊고 넓은 큰 굴
• 적굴敵窟 Korean gloss: 적의 무리가 자리 잡고 있는 소굴
• 토굴土窟 Korean gloss: 땅을 파서 굴과 같이 만든 큰 구덩이

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

Japanese words with 窟

• 洞窟どうくつ cave; cavern; grotto
• 仙窟せんくつ enchanted cave
• 巣窟そうくつ den; haunt; hangout
• 魔窟まくつ den of vice; rogue's den; brothel
• 岩窟がんくつ cave; cavern
• 石窟せっくつ cavern; grotto; rock cave
• 宝窟ほうくつ treasure mine
• 窟院くついん cave temple
• 阿片窟あへんくつ opium den
• 貧民窟ひんみんくつ slum
• 私娼窟ししょうくつ brothel; house of ill repute; red-light district
• 洞窟熊ほらあなぐま cave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)

Characters sharing the phonetic 屈

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 “굴” in Korean.

Other hanja read “굴”

Other hanja with radical 穴