堀 — kanji meaning “ditch”
堀
ditch, moat, canal
- Meanings
- ditch, moat, canal
- On'yomi
- クツ (kutsu)
- Kun'yomi
- ほり
- Name readings
- ほっ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1285 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- kū, jué — Chinese character page
Words with 堀
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堀江 | ほりえ horie | canal |
| 堀川 | ほりかわ horikawa | canal |
| 外堀 | そとぼり sotobori | outer moat (of a castle) |
| 釣り堀 | つりぼり tsuribori | fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond |
| 内堀 | うちぼり uchibori | inner moat; moat within the castle walls |
| 空堀 | からぼり karabori | dry moat |
| 横堀 | よこぼり yokobori | moat; horizontal trench |
| 堀割 | ほりわり horiwari | canal; waterway; ditch |
| 堀端 | ほりばた horibata | side of a moat |
| 堀散らす | ほりちらす horichirasu | to dig up messily |
| 用水堀 | ようすいぼり yousuibori | irrigation ditch |
| 小堀流 | こぼりりゅう koboriryuu | kobori; swimming while wearing armor |
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