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Keyword
moat
  • ditch
  • canal
Frequency
#1285
Strokes
11
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1142
Readings
ほり100%
Mnemonic
Earth is dug out in a bend around the castle, and water floods in to fill a deep moat.
Stroke order
Composed of
土earth屈bend
Used in vocabulary
堀ほり
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
Noun
根ね堀ほり葉は堀ほり
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
Expression
堀ほり江え
canal
Noun
堀ほり川かわ
canal
Noun
堀ほり端ばた
side of a moat
Noun
外そと堀ぼり
outer moat (of a castle)
Noun
内うち堀ぼり
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
Noun
釣つり堀ぼり
fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
Noun
堀ほり切きり
man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat
Noun
深堀ふかぼり
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
Noun
空から堀ぼり
dry moat
Noun
横よこ堀ぼり
moat; horizontal trench
Noun
堀ほり割わり
canal; waterway; ditch
Noun