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抉 — kanji meaning “gouge”

gouge, hollow out, bore, pry

Meanings
gouge, hollow out, bore, pry
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
7
Classical radical
64
Chinese reading
jué — Chinese character page

Words with 抉

WordReadingMeaning
えぐる eguruto gouge; to hollow out; to bore
こじる kojiruto pry (open); to prise; to wrench
くじる kujiruto stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
てっけつ tekketsugouging out
えぐれる egureruto be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
こじる kojiruto pry (open); to prise; to wrench

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.