凹
凹 — Concave
concave, hollow, sunken
On’yomiオウ (ou)
Kun’yomiくぼむ (kubomu)
Kun’yomiへこむ (hekomu)
Kun’yomiぼこ (boko)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 凹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凹む | へこむ hekomu | to be dented; to be indented; to yield |
| 凹み | くぼみ kubomi | hollow; cavity; dent |
| 凸凹 | でこぼこ dekoboko | unevenness; roughness; ruggedness |
| 凹凸 | おうとつ outotsu | unevenness; bumpiness; roughness |
Study notes
凹 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2206 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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