堀 — ditch, moat, canal

ほり堀 ditch

ほり

U+5800 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1285 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1142 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

ditch
moat
canal

Readings

On'yomi: くつ kutsu
Kun'yomi: ほり hori

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ほり hori Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

堀(ほり) hori moat 堀(ほり) 江(え) horie Horie (surname/place name) 堀(ほり) 川(かわ) horikawa canal

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 堀: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

つち土 earth #32

くつ屈 yield

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#32 土 earth