掘
delve, dig, excavate
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:11
JLPT:2
Frequency:1257
Vocabulary
クツ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 採掘 | サイクツ | mining; digging; working (a mine) |
| 試掘 | シクツ | prospecting; trial digging |
| 盗掘 | トウクツ | illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing |
| 試掘者 | シクツシャ | prospector |
| 試掘権 | シクツケン | prospecting rights; mining claim |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掘る | ほる | to dig; to excavate; to hollow; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top; to take the active role in anal sex (with another man) |
| 根掘り葉掘り | ねほりはほり | inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through |
| 発掘 | はっくつ | excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing |
| 掘削 | くっさく | digging out; excavation |
| 井戸掘り | いどほり | well digging; well digger |
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