dig, delve, excavate
On'yomi (音読み)
- クツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ほ.る
About this kanji
The kanji 掘 means to dig or excavate, and it's used primarily as a verb, as in 掘る (ほる), which means "to dig." You can also find it in nouns and compounds like 発掘 (はっくつ), meaning "excavation," and 採掘 (さいくつ), which refers to "mining." Another interesting compound is 根掘り葉掘り (ねほりはほり), meaning to inquire or investigate thoroughly. This kanji is useful when discussing activities involving digging, whether it's for construction, archaeology, or even metaphorically in conversations where one is trying to get to the bottom of something.
Example sentences
彼は庭を掘り始めた。
He started digging the garden.
Meanings across languages
- English
- dig, delve, excavate
- Tiếng Việt
- đào, khai thác
- 日本語
- 掘る, 開ける
- 한국어
- 파다, 발굴하다
- 中文
- 挖掘, 开挖
- id
- penggalian, menyelam, menggali
- th
- ขุด, ลึกเข้าไป, ขุด
- es
- excavar, profundizar, excavar
- fr
- creuser, approfondir, excaver
- de
- graben, tief eingraben, ausgraben
- pt
- escavar, mergulhar, excavar
Common compounds
- 発掘はっくつexcavation, exhumation, digging up
- 掘るほるto dig, to excavate, to hollow
- 採掘さいくつmining, digging, working (a mine)
- 掘削くっさくdigging out, excavation
- 根掘り葉掘りねほりはほりinquisitively, pryingly, nosily
- 盗掘とうくつillegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing
- 井戸掘りいどほりwell digging, well digger
- 試掘しくつprospecting, trial digging
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