彫
彫 — Carve
carve, engrave, chisel
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiほる (horu)
Kun’yomi-ぼり (bori)
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 彫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浮き彫り | うきぼり ukibori | relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore |
| 彫刻 | ちょうこく choukoku | carving; engraving; sculpture |
| 彫る | ほる horu | to carve; to engrave; to sculpt |
| 彫り上げる | ほりあげる horiageru | to emboss; to carve in relief; to finish carving |
| 木彫り | きぼり kibori | wood carving; woodcraft |
| 木彫 | もくちょう mokuchou | wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft |
Study notes
彫 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1533 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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