Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
ditch, moat, canal
Kun:
ほり
On:
クツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1285 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 堀 【ほり】 moat, fosse, canal, ditch
  • 堀江 【ほりえ】 canal

Readings

Japanese names:
ほっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1, jue2
Korean:
gul

Spanish

  • zanja
  • foso
  • canal

Portuguese

  • trincheira
  • fosso
  • canal

French

  • canal
  • fossé
  • douves
1824 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
941 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1095 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1837 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1154 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1847 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1804 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1942 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1260 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
378 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
561 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1071 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5205 Morohashi
467 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1036 New Nelson (John Haig)
1062 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1142 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1417 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1476 2001 Kanji
3b8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4717.2 Four corner code
1-43-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5800 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
disclose, open, say
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 啓発 【ケイハツ】 enlightenment, development, edification, public awareness, illumination, education, inspiration
  • 啓蒙 【ケイモウ】 enlightenment, illumination
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 敬啓 【ケイケイ】 salutation at the end of a formal letter

Kun reading compounds

  • 啓く 【ひらく】 to enlighten, to edify

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 さとし、 はじめ、 ひろ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • abrir
  • aclarar
  • revelar
  • decir

Portuguese

  • revelar
  • abrir
  • dizer

French

  • révéler
  • ouvrir
  • dire
1197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1205 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1398 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1094 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3820X Morohashi
2763 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 New Nelson (John Haig)
1085 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1415 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
3d8.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3860.4 Four corner code
1-23-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5553 Unicode hex code