掘

common

クツ/KUTSU/    ほ.る/ho.ru/KUTSU/クツ/    ho.ru/ほ.る/

dig;  delve;  excavate

Radical: 扌 (hand).   Strokes: 11画.   Elements: |山尸扌.   Pinyin: jué.   Hangul: 굴 [gul] 궐 [gweol].   Nanori: ぼりbori.

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N2.

Example compounds:
クツKUTSU試掘【しくつshikutsu】prospecting; trial digging
盗掘【とうくつtōkutsu】illegal digging; illegal mining; grave robbing; tomb robbing
採掘【さいくつsaikutsu】mining
ほるhoru掘る【ほるhoru】to dig; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
釜を掘る【かまをほるkamawohoru】to perform anal sex; to crash one's car into the back of another
お釜を掘る【おかまをほるokamawohoru】to perform anal sex; to crash a car into the back of another (usu. used in the passive voice)
Codepoints and classification codes:
6398–Unicode
23-01–JIS X 0208
1-3-8–SKIP
3c8.32–TKD
5707.2–Four Corner
1376–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1943–Classic Nelson
2204–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
496–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
364–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1061–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1276–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1265–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
12264–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 278
1189–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1803–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
576–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1438–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1259–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
897–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1070–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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