Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2206 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: concave, hollow, sunken

Kunyomi: くぼ.む へこ.む ぼこ

Onyomi: オウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: container, open mouth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

オウ concave, hollow, sunken

オウトツ unevenness, bumpiness, roughness, ruggedness, imbalance, inequality, unevenness, disparity

ロクオウ costal fovea

Kunyomi Examples

窪む くぼむ to cave in, to become depressed, to sink

へこむ to be dented, to be indented, to yield, to give, to sink, to collapse, to cave in, to be beaten, to be overwhelmed, to yield, to give in, to give up, to be disheartened, to feel down, to feel depressed, to suffer a loss, to lose

穴ぼこ あなぼこ hole, hollow, pothole (road, pavement, etc.)