堀

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

堀 (Yale fat1)

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

堀 (pinyin bèng (beng4), kū (ku1), Wade-Giles peng⁴, k'u¹)