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堀

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1285

Meanings

Ditch, Moat, Canal

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿰土屈

Etymology

Pictophonetic: earth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 corner right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

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)

ほり hori

Words Using This Kanji

17 words total

Other (17 words)

外堀そとぼり

outer moat (of a castle)

to dig up messily

canal

moat

inner moat

fish pond (artificially stocked)

canal

side of a moat

canal

dry moat

irrigation ditch

kobori

man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle)

横堀よこぼり

moat

外堀を埋めるそとぼりをうめる

to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective

深堀りふかぼり

digging deeply (below the surface)

外堀が埋まるそとぼりがうまる

to be clear of obstacles in the way of one's objective

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