# 坑 — mine shaft; pit

坑 means “mine shaft; pit”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: コウ (kou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: mine shaft; pit
- On'yomi: コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Land & places 4

## How to remember 坑

Parts: 土 earth · 亢 high

## Don't confuse it with

[航](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/navigate/) · [抗](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/resist/)

## More in the “Land & places 4” set

[峠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mountain-pass/) · [岬](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/headland/) · [坑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mine-shaft/) · [畔](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/edge-of-a-rice-field/) · [麓](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/foot-of-a-mountain/) · [沃](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fertile/) · [崖](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cliff/) · [窟](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cavern/) · [踪](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/whereabouts/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mine-shaft/. Last updated 2026-11-01.