坑 (hole, pit) - Kanji Codex

坑

hole, pit

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:1

Frequency:2040

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
炭坑	タンコウ	coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery; coal-mine shaft
坑口	コウコウ	pithead; minehead
坑道	コウドウ	tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
坑内	コウナイ	within a pit or (mine) shaft
廃坑	ハイコウ	closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
立坑	たてこう	shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
坑	こう	pit (esp. of a mine)
横坑	よここう	adit
坑内掘り	こうないぼり	underground mining
坑内掘り炭鉱	こうないぼりたんこう	underground coal mine

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