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堀
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1285

ditch, moat, canal

On'yomi (音読み)

クツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ほり

Radical (部首)

土 earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

地 場 報 在 増 基 土 境 域 型 塁 均

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

外堀 そとぼり outer moat (of a castle)
内堀 うちぼり inner moat; moat within the castle walls
横堀 よこぼり moat; horizontal trench
竪堀 たてぼり ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
小堀流 こぼりりゅう kobori; swimming while wearing armor
用水堀 ようすいぼり irrigation ditch
空堀 からぼり dry moat

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

堀 ほり moat; fosse
堀江 ほりえ canal
堀川 ほりかわ canal
釣り堀 つりぼり fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
堀端 ほりばた side of a moat
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
深堀り ふかぼり digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep
外堀を埋める そとぼりをうめる to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach
堀切り ほりきり man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench
堀割 ほりわり canal; waterway
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