堀
moat; ditch; canal
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1285.
Readings
Components
- 土
- 屈
- | radical vertical stroke
- 凵 radical open box
- 土 radical earth
- 尸 radical corpse; flag
- 山 radical mountain
Words using 堀
- 堀 (ほり) moat
- 外堀 (そとぼり) outer moat (of a castle)
- 堀川 (ほりかわ) canal
- 空堀 (からぼり) dry moat
- 内堀 (うちぼり) inner moat
18 words in all.