Japanese symbol for “digging”
採掘
さいくつ
Romaji: saikutsu
mining; digging; working (a mine)
In Japanese, digging is 採掘, read さいくつ (saikutsu).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt mining; digging; working (a mine)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “digging”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 開削 | かいさく kaisaku | excavation; cutting; digging |
| 穿鑿 | せんさく sensaku | probing (into); digging (into); prying (into) |
| 穴掘り | あなほり anahori | excavation; digging |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 採用 | さいよう saiyou | use; adoption; acceptance |
| 採取 | さいしゅ saishu | picking; collecting; harvesting |
| 採決 | さいけつ saiketsu | vote; ballot; division |
| 採算 | さいさん saisan | profit |
| 採点 | さいてん saiten | marking; grading; scoring |
| 採集 | さいしゅう saishuu | collecting; gathering |
| 発掘 | はっくつ hakkutsu | excavation; exhumation; digging up |
| 掘る | ほる horu | to dig; to excavate; to hollow |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.