掘 — kanji meaning “dig”
掘
dig, delve, excavate
- Meanings
- dig, delve, excavate
- On'yomi
- クツ (kutsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ほ.る
- Name readings
- ぼり
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1257 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- jué — Chinese character page
Words with 掘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 発掘 | はっくつ hakkutsu | excavation; exhumation; digging up |
| 掘る | ほる horu | to dig; to excavate; to hollow |
| 採掘 | さいくつ saikutsu | mining; digging; working (a mine) |
| 掘削 | くっさく kussaku | digging out; excavation |
| 盗掘 | とうくつ toukutsu | illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing |
| 試掘 | しくつ shikutsu | prospecting; trial digging |
| 掘り返す | ほりかえす horikaesu | to dig up; to turn up; to tear up |
| 掘り出す | ほりだす horidasu | to dig out; to pick up |
| 掘っ立て | ほったて hottate | erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground |
| 掘り進む | ほりすすむ horisusumu | to burrow through; to dig through |
| 井戸掘り | いどほり idohori | well digging; well digger |
| 露天掘り | ろてんぼり rotenbori | surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit mining |
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