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掘

JLPT N2 11 strokes Frequency: #1257

Meanings

Dig, Delve, Excavate

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌屈

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 corner right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal top-to-bottom

7 vertical right-to-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 corner bottom-to-top

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

クツ kutsu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほ ho

Words Using This Kanji

60 words total

Other (20 words)

掘り下げるほりさげる

to dig down

to dig

掘り起こすほりおこす

to dig up

掘り出すほりだす

to dig out

掘り当てるほりあてる

to strike (gold, oil, etc.)

掘り抜くほりぬく

to dig through

根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり

inquisitively

根掘り葉掘りねほりはほり

inquisitively

採掘さいくつ

mining

試掘しくつ

prospecting

発掘はっくつ

excavation

墓穴を掘るぼけつをほる

to dig one's own grave

乱掘らんくつ

overmining (e.g. of coal)

掘り返すほりかえす

to dig up

掘り出し物ほりだしもの

(lucky) find

掘削くっさく

digging out

掘進くっしん

tunnelling (through)

露天掘りろてんぼり

surface mining

掘りごたつほりごたつ

sunken kotatsu

かまを掘るかまをほる

to perform anal sex (between men)

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