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壕

trench
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingコウ、ゴウ
Kun readingほり
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. trench
    敵軍は首都の周囲を塹壕で固めていた。The enemy was entrenched all around the capital.tatoeba
    この時の戦闘では塹壕に拠る抜刀白兵戦が繰り広げられた。The fights this time were hand-to-hand ones with swords based in trenches.wiki
  2. dugoutRtK
  3. air raid shelter
  1. moat
  2. fosse
  3. ditch
  4. underground air-raid shelter

Homonyms

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号 · number合 · traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml豪 · Australia

Radicals and components

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Compound words

掩壕えんごう
cover trench
外壕そとぼり
outer moat (of a castle)
壕跡ごうあと
remains of a dugout (usu. military)
水壕すいごう
water jump (on a racetrack, etc.)
内壕うちぼり
inner moat
塹壕ざんごう
trench
待避壕たいひごう
bomb shelter
防空壕ぼうくうごう
air-raid shelter
塹壕戦ざんごうせん
trench warfare
塹壕熱ざんごうねつ
trench fever

Stroke Order

17 strokes

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