堀
canal, ditch, moat

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

クツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ほり

Nanori (名乗り)

ほっ

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:11
JLPT:1
Frequency:1285

Vocabulary

Other

WordReadingMeaning
根堀り葉堀りねほりはほりinquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
堀ほりmoat; fosse; canal; ditch
堀川ほりかわcanal
堀江ほりえcanal
外堀そとぼりouter moat (of a castle)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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delve, dig, excavate
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bend, flinch, submit, yield
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塀
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拙
bungling, clumsy, unskillful
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所
extent, place
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坪
approx. thirty-six sq ft, two-mat area
Grade 8JLPT 1
房
bunch, fringe, house, lock (hair), room, segment (orange), tassel, tuft
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据
equip, install, lay a foundation, set, sit down, squat down
Grade 8JLPT 1
出
come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out
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塔
pagoda, steeple, tower
Grade 8JLPT 2