The kanji 掘: meaning, readings and stroke order

掘

Meaning: dig
On reading: クツ kutsu
Kun reading: ほ（る） horu
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đào (quật)
Japanese: ほる。つちをほりだす。
Korean: 파다 (굴)
Chinese: 挖、挖掘

Readings, words and example sentences

クツ kutsu · on reading · less common

発はっ掘くつ
excavation, digging up
遺跡の 発はっ掘くつが始まりました。
The digging at the ancient site has begun.

ほ（る） horu · kun reading

掘ほる
to dig
畑でいもを 掘ほります。
I dig up potatoes in the field.

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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.