掘
掘 — Dig
dig, delve, excavate
On’yomiクツ (kutsu)
Kun’yomiほる (horu)
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 掘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発掘 | はっくつ hakkutsu | excavation; exhumation; digging up |
| 掘削 | くっさく kussaku | digging out; excavation |
| 採掘 | さいくつ saikutsu | mining; digging; working (a mine) |
| 掘る | ほる horu | to dig; to excavate; to hollow |
| 根掘り葉掘り | ねほりはほり nehorihahori | inquisitively; pryingly; nosily |
| 井戸掘り | いどほり idohori | well digging; well digger |
Study notes
掘 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1257 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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