The kanji 堀: meaning, readings and stroke order
堀
- Meaning
- moat, canal
- On reading
- —
- Kun reading
- ほり hori
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 土 earth
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hào nước, kênh (quật)
- Japanese
- つちを ほって みずを ためた ところ。
- Korean
- 해자, 도랑 (굴)
- Chinese
- 护城河、沟渠
Readings, words and example sentences
ほり hori · kun reading
堀
moat
城の まわりに 堀が あります。
There is a moat around the castle.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.