堀 – ditch, moat, canal

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The kanji 堀 means ditch, moat, canal. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is クツ (kutsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほり (hori). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	クツ	kutsu
Kun’yomi	ほり	hori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: ｜・山・土・尸・凵.

Words using 堀

堀ほりmoat

Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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