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凹

Level XVII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 2216 / 2,608

Concave

On’yomi
おう
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
凵 Receptacle (Kangxi 17)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 升 (Grid), less common than 蔽 (Cover).

The concave character looks like a depression pressed into a surface — the outline shows walls dipping down into a hollow center, visually sinking inward.

In words

凹む へこむ to be dented,to be indented,to yield to,to give,to sink,to collapse,to cave in,to be snubbedN2
凸凹 でこぼこ unevenness,roughness,ruggednessN2

凹 is rank 2216 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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