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掘 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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4Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
クツくつ · kutsu
Kun
ほ.るho.ru
Meaning
dig; excavate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 屈: to scoop out by hand — to dig, to excavate.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onクツくつkutsu掘削くっさく発掘はっくつ採掘さいくつ
Kunほるhoru掘るほる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 発掘はっくつ

    excavation

  • 採掘さいくつ

    mining

More words with this kanji

  • 掘炬燵ほりごたつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

遺跡(いせき)の発掘(はっくつ)が始(はじ)まった。

Excavation of the ruins has begun.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

採掘発掘掘採to pic…発depart払pay扱handle抜pull…抗resist拠footho…屈bend孒mosqui…倔stubbo…堀moat崛to ris…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading クツAll maps

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