Moto 堀: Ditch; Moat; CanalKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- クツ
- Kun'yomi
- ほり
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 30 in the dictionary
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 堀ほりmoat; fosse
- 堀江ほりえcanal
- 堀川ほりかわcanal
- 内堀うちぼりinner moat; moat within the castle walls
- 堀端ほりばたside of a moat
- 外堀そとぼりouter moat (of a castle)
- 釣り堀つりぼりfish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
- 堀切りほりきりman-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench
- 堀割ほりわりcanal; waterway
- 堀割りほりわりcanal; waterway
- 堀散らすほりちらすto dig up messily
- 外堀を埋めるそとぼりをうめるto remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
- 小堀流こぼりりゅうkobori; swimming while wearing armor
- 横堀よこぼりmoat; horizontal trench
- 用水堀ようすいぼりirrigation ditch
- 穴堀梟あなほりふくろうburrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
- 空堀からぼりdry moat
- 竪堀たてぼりascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
- 縦堀たてぼりascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
- 置いてけ堀おいてけぼりleaving somebody behind; abandoning someone
Other readings
- 堀りつくすほりつくすto work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
- 堀り出し物ほりだしもの(lucky) find; bargain
- 堀り割りほりわりcanal; waterway
- 堀り抜くほりぬくto dig through; to drill into
- 堀り返すほりかえすto dig up; to turn up
- 堀り鼠ほりねずみpocket gopher
- 堀切ほりきりman-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench
- 根堀り葉堀りねほりはほりinquisitively; pryingly
- 芋堀りいもほりdigging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
- 釣堀つりぼりfish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
Kanji that often appear with 堀
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