掘
dig; delve; excavate
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1257.
Readings
- クツ (on reading): 発掘 (はっくつ) excavation; 発掘調査 (はっくつちょうさ) excavation (usu. archeological)
- ほる (kun reading): 掘る (ほる) to dig; 掘り起こす (ほりおこす) to dig up
Components
- 扌
- 屈
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 凵 radical open box
- 尸 radical corpse; flag
- 山 radical mountain
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
Words using 掘
- 発掘 (はっくつ) excavation
- 発掘調査 (はっくつちょうさ) excavation (usu. archeological)
- 採掘 (さいくつ) mining
- 掘削 (くっさく) digging out
- 盗掘 (とうくつ) illegal digging
- 掘る (ほる) to dig
- 掘り起こす (ほりおこす) to dig up
- 掘り出す (ほりだす) to dig out
- 掘り下げる (ほりさげる) to dig down
- 掘り返す (ほりかえす) to dig up
- 掘立柱 (ほったてばしら) pillar sunk into the ground
- 掘立柱建物 (ほったてばしらたてもの) post in ground (construction)
63 words in all.