Onyomi: クツ · Kunyomi: ほ.る · Meanings: delve, dig, excavate
Kanji for delve, dig, excavate
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掘 is made from 扌 (hand) on the left and 屈 on the right. 扌 represents the hand and physical action. 屈 has the idea of bending or pushing inward. When you dig, you push your hand or tool downward and inward into the ground. From this action of forcing something inward, 掘 came to mean to dig or excavate.
掘 is pushing your hand inward to dig into the ground.
Imagine using your hand (扌) to bend and push into the earth (屈), scooping soil out again and again. That digging action is 掘.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 掘る | ほる | to dig, to excavate, to hollow | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掘り出す | ほりだす | to dig out, to pick up | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掘り出し物 | ほりだしもの | (lucky) find, bargain, good buy, treasure trove | Noun |
| 掘り返す | ほりかえす | to dig up, to turn up, to tear up | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掘り起こす | ほりおこす | to dig up, to unearth, to uncover | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掘っ立て小屋 | ほったてごや | hut, shanty, hovel, shack | Noun |
| 掘り抜く | ほりぬく | to dig through, to drill into, to excavate | Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb |
| 掘削 | くっさく | digging out, excavation | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 掘り下げる | ほりさげる | to dig down | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 掘足綱 | くっそくこう | Scaphopoda (class of molluscs comprising the tooth shells) | Noun |
| 掘りごたつ | ほりごたつ | sunken kotatsu, low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) | Noun |
| 掘り抜き井戸 | ほりぬきいど | artesian well, tapped well | Noun |
| 掘立柱 | ほったてばしら | pillar sunk into the ground | Noun |
| 掘り進む | ほりすすむ | to burrow through, to dig through | Godan verb with 'mu' ending |
| 掘り尽くす | ほりつくす | to work out (a mine), to exhaust (vein of ore) | Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |