堀
堀 — Ditch
ditch, moat, canal
On’yomiクツ (kutsu)
Kun’yomiほり (hori)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 堀
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堀 | ほり hori | moat; fosse; canal |
| 堀江 | ほりえ horie | canal |
| 堀川 | ほりかわ horikawa | canal |
| 外堀 | そとぼり sotobori | outer moat (of a castle) |
| 内堀 | うちぼり uchibori | inner moat; moat within the castle walls |
| 釣り堀 | つりぼり tsuribori | fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond |
Study notes
堀 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1285 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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