Kanji

凹

凹

concave, hollow, sunken

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

凵部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

オウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

くぼむ, へこむ, ぼこ

Common Readings

オウ

Example sentences

凹む へこむ
車 が 電柱 に ぶつかって 、 ドア が 凹んだ 。

The car hit a utility pole and the door was dented.

鈑金 ばんきん
事故 で 凹んだ 車 を 鈑金 工場 で 直して もらった 。

I had my car, which was dented in an accident, fixed at a sheet metal shop.

凹凸 おうとつ
この 道路 は 凹凸 が 激しく 、 運転 する の が 難しい 。

This road is very uneven, so it is difficult to drive on.

凸凹 でこぼこ
この 道 は 凸凹していて 歩きにくい 。

This road is bumpy and hard to walk on.

Example Vocabulary

凹む

へこむ

to be dented; to be caved in; to be discouraged

凹凸

おうとつ

unevenness; roughness; bumps and dips

凸凹

でこぼこ

unevenness; bumpiness; rough

凹み

くぼみ

凹

くぼ

凹ます

へこます

凸凹コンビ

でこぼこコンビ

凹地

くぼち

凹形

おうけい

凹型

おうがた

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