硐 meaning and stroke order
Cave; chamber; pit
How to write 硐, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 硐
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- grind
- variant of 洞[dong4]
- cave
- pit
How 硐 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Rock.
石 gives the meaning and 同 hints at the sound.
Radical: 石 (stone), shared by 114 characters on this site.
How to remember 硐
硐 puts 石 (shí, stone) next to 同 (tóng), which gives the sound. Picture a hollow space cut into stone, a cave or pit in the rock.
硐 (dòng) is a variant of 洞 (dòng) and shows up mostly in mining and engineering terms for tunnels and chambers dug into rock. Everyday writing almost always uses 洞 instead. Example: 矿工进了硐室。(Kuànggōng jìn le dòngshì.) The miners went into the underground chamber.
Common mistake: Learners often write 硐 where ordinary Chinese expects 洞, as in 山洞 (shāndòng, mountain cave). Keep 硐 for technical mining words like 硐室 (dòngshì), and use the water radical 洞 everywhere else.
Questions about 硐
How many strokes are in 硐?
硐 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 硐 mean?
硐 (dòng) means cave; chamber; pit.
How do you pronounce 硐?
硐 is pronounced dòng, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 硐?
The radical of 硐 is 石, which carries the idea of "stone". Dictionaries list 硐 under this radical.
Why does 硐 have a reading tóng as well as dòng?
The dictionary lists tóng with the meaning grind, a rare literary sense. The common modern reading is dòng, meaning cave or pit.
What is the difference between 硐 and 洞?
They share the sound dòng and the meaning cave or hole. 洞 is the standard everyday character, while 硐 with the stone radical 石 is a variant used mainly for rock tunnels and mine chambers.