Kanji
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
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