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堀

Ditch
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingクツ
Kun readingほり
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 40

Meanings

  1. ditchRtK
  2. moat
  3. canal
  1. fosse

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moat · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · yield · flag (方) · exit

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1142

Compound words

道頓堀どうとんぼり
Dotonbori, Osaka's famous canal-side entertainment and dining district.
外堀そとぼり
outer moat (of a castle)
堀川ほりかわ
canal
内堀うちぼり
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
堀江ほりえ
canal
釣り堀つりぼり
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
空堀からぼり
dry moat
釣堀つりぼり
fish pond (artificially stocked)
堀端ほりばた
edge of a moat
芋堀りいもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
堀り鼠ホリネズミ
pocket gopher
堀り抜くほりぬく
to dig through
堀散らすほりちらす
to dig up messily
根堀り葉堀りねほりはほり
inquisitively

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Moat, ditch. Earth 土 + 屈 (to bend in) — a trench dug into the ground, filled with water.

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