彫 – carve, engrave, chisel

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The kanji 彫 means carve, engrave, chisel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チョウ (chou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほ.る、-ぼ.り (horu, bori). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 彡 (no. 59).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チョウ	chou
Kun’yomi	ほ.る	horu
Kun’yomi	-ぼ.り	bori

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: 彡 (Kangxi radical 59). Components: 口・土・冂・彡.

Words using 彫

彫刻ちょうこくcarving彫るほるto carve

Example sentences

その彫刻は非常に貴重である。

The sculptures are of great value.

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彼は私に木の人形を彫ってくれた。

He carved me a wooden doll.

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Kanji with the same radical

形影彩

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