The kanji 彫: meaning, readings and stroke order

彫

Meaning: carve
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: ほ（る） horu
Strokes: 11
Radical: 彡 bristle, beard
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chạm khắc (điêu)
Japanese: ほる。きざむ。
Korean: 새기다, 조각하다 (조)
Chinese: 雕刻 (雕)

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading · less common

彫ちょう刻こく
sculpture, carving
木の 彫ちょう刻こくを作ります。
I make a wood carving.

ほ（る） horu · kun reading

彫ほる
to carve
木にもようを 彫ほります。
I carve a pattern into the wood.

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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.