掘

See also 撅

Translingual

Han character

掘 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手尸山山 (QSUU), four-corner 5707₂, composition ⿰扌屈)

1. dig, excavate
2. excavate cave

References

• KangXi: page 438, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12264
• Dae Jaweon: page 787, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1909, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6398

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Cantonese

Hanzi

掘 (Yale gwat6)

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Japanese

Kanji

掘 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: くつ (kutsu), こつ (kotsu)
• Kun: ほる (horu)

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Korean

Hanja

掘 (hangeul 굴, 궐, revised gul, gwol, McCune-Reischauer kul, kwŏl, Yale kwul, kwel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

掘 (pinyin jué (jue2), Wade-Giles chüeh²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

掘 (quật, oặt, quặt, quất, quịt, quát, quạt)