dòng

cave

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

同 sound component

  Sound component

tóngtòng

  

together

Evolution

洞 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
洞 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
洞 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dòng

cave, grotto; ravine; hole; cave; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:|[gè]

Most common words with 洞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

cave

漏洞

leak

洞穴

cave

黑洞

(astronomy) black hole

山洞

cavern