掘 is the Japanese kanji for dig, delve, excavate. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is ほ.る and its on reading is クツ.
Stroke order
Words with 掘
- 掘るto dig, to excavate, to hollow
- 発掘excavation, exhumation, digging up
- 掘削digging out, excavation
- 採掘mining, digging, working (a mine)
- 盗掘illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing
- 試掘prospecting, trial digging
Practice 掘 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.