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凹

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concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc)

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,910 U+51F9

How 凹 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A rectangle with a hollow

components: 一 ? unknown part

How to remember it

concave · Heisig RSH #31

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 凹

WordPinyinMeaning
凹面镜 āo miàn jìng concave mirror
凹凸不平 āo tū bù píng (idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road)
山凹 shān āo col; valley
凹造型 āo zào xíng (coll.) to strike a pose
凹线 āo xiàn groove
凹度 āo dù concavity
中央凹 zhōng yāng āo fovea centralis (depression in the macula retina, most sensitive optic region)
凹入 āo rù recessed; concave
凹板 āo bǎn variant of 凹版[ao1 ban3]
凹进 āo jìn concave; recessed; dented
凹凸有致 āo tū yǒu zhì curvaceous
凹透镜 āo tòu jìng concave lens
凹凸性 āo tū xìng (math.) concavity
胃小凹 wèi xiǎo āo (physiology) gastric pits
凹镜 āo jìng concave mirror
凹凸形 āo tū xíng crenelated; corrugated
贾平凹 Jiǎ Píng wā Jia Pingwa (1952-), Chinese novelist
凹朴皮 āo pò pí bark of tulip tree (TCM); Cortex Liriodendri
微凹黄檀 wēi āo huáng tán cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa)
凹凸印刷 āo tū yìn shuā embossing; die stamping