堀

Translingual

Han character

堀 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土尸山山 (GSUU), four-corner 4717₂, composition ⿰土屈)

1. cave, hole

References

• KangXi: page 231, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5205
• Dae Jaweon: page 468, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 459, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5800

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		堀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kū (ku¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat¹, gwat⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): khut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kū
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: k'u¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ku
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fat¹, gwat⁶
    • Yale: fāt, gwaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁷, gwat⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚⁵/, /kʷɐt̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khut
    • Tâi-lô: khut
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰut̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰut̚³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (堀, reconstructed)
Character (堀), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 物 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 衢物切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨut̚/	/gi̯uət̚/	/ɡiuət̚/	/ɡiut̚/	/gut̚/	/ɡĭuət̚/	/ɡiuət̚/
Character (堀), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 沒 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦骨切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰuət̚/	/kʰuət̚/	/kʰuət̚/	/kʰuot̚/	/kʰwət̚/	/kʰuət̚/	/kʰuət̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (堀, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
堀								kū								‹ khwot ›								/*[kʰ]ˤut/								hole
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
堀					1567					出					物					2					窟					/*kʰluːd/
堀					1587					出					物					2					倔					/*ɡlud/

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Japanese

Kanji

堀

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: くつ (kutsu)
• Kun: ほり (hori), ほる (horu), あな (ana)

Noun

堀 (hiragana ほり, romaji hori)

1. moat, canal, trench

Proper noun

堀 (hiragana ほり, romaji Hori)

1. A surname​.

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Korean

Hanja

堀 (gul) (hangeul 굴, revised gul, McCune-Reischauer kul)

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