洞 (dòng): meaning and stroke order

洞 (dòng) means cave, hole, zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers), 个.

洞

Simplified: 洞
Traditional: 洞 (same form)
Pinyin: dòng · tóng

Stroke order of 洞

洞

dòng cave; hole
tóng used in 洪洞[Hong2 tong2], a county in Shanxi
9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 洞

dòng
- cave
- hole
- zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tóng
- used in 洪洞[Hong2 tong2], a county in Shanxi

Radical and structure

洞: Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 9 strokes · 氵 on the left, 同 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 洞

树洞 shù dòng tree hollow; (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets
漏洞 lòu dòng leak; hole

洞 in our stories

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室友拍拍他的肩膀，给他讲了一个故事：从前有个人的羊圈破了个洞，狼叼走了一只羊。

shìyǒu pāi pāi tā de jiānbǎng gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè gùshi cóngqián yǒu gè rén de yángjuàn pò le gè dòng láng diāo zǒu le yì zhī yáng

His roommate patted his shoulder and told him a story: once a man's sheepfold had a hole, and a wolf carried off a sheep.

From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5

Stories using 洞

Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).