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堀 — 11 strokes / Radical「土」

道
準2High school level / 11 strokes / Radical「土」
On
クツくつ · kutsu
Kun
ほりhori
Meaning
moat; ditch

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 屈: a channel dug into earth — a moat, a ditch.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunほりhori堀ほり外堀そとぼり釣堀つりぼり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 外堀そとぼり

    outer moat

  • 堀端ほりばた

    edge of a moat

More words with this kanji

  • 堀ほり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

城(しろ)の外堀(そとぼり)を歩(ある)いた。

I walked along the castle's outer moat.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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