Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
dig, delve, excavate
Kun:
ほ.る
On:
クツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1257 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 採掘 【サイクツ】 mining, digging, working (a mine)
  • 盗掘 【トウクツ】 illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing

Kun reading compounds

  • 掘る 【ほる】 to dig, to excavate, to hollow, to delve into, to dig up (e.g. vegetables), (for two men) to have anal sex

Readings

Japanese names:
ぼり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jue2
Korean:
gul, gweol

Spanish

  • cavar
  • excavar
  • taladrar
  • hurgar en

Portuguese

  • cavar
  • cova
  • escavar

French

  • creuser
  • fouiller
  • déterrer
1189 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1943 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1265 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
576 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1803 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1941 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1259 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
364 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
454 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1070 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12264 Morohashi
496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2204 New Nelson (John Haig)
1061 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1141 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1438 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c8.32 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5707.2 Four corner code
1-23-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6398 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
Variants:
exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1234 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尽 【ジン】 last day (of the month)
  • 尽力 【ジンリョク】 efforts, exertion, endeavour, assistance, services
  • 理不尽 【リフジン】 unreasonable, irrational, outrageous, absurd
  • 縦横無尽 【ジュウオウムジン】 freely, right and left, as one pleases

Kun reading compounds

  • 尽きる 【つきる】 to be used up, to be run out, to be exhausted, to be consumed, to come to an end
  • 尽くす 【つくす】 to use up, to exhaust, to run out of, to devote oneself (to), to do one's utmost (for), to serve, to work (for a cause), to do to exhaustion, to do completely, to do fully
  • 尽かす 【つかす】 to use completely, to use up, to exhaust, to exhaust someone's civility, to give up (on someone)
  • 悉く 【ことごとく】 altogether, entirely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3, jin4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • agotar
  • acabar
  • gastar
  • cumplir
  • esforzarse

Portuguese

  • acabar
  • exaurir
  • terminar
  • faz amizade com
  • servir (alguem)

French

  • épuiser
  • arriver au bout
  • être à court de
  • être dégoûté
  • prendre en amitié
  • servir
1447 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1603 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1380 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1530 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1229 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
290 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1844 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1726 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
523 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3786 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2624 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1080 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7642 Morohashi
3050 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1408 New Nelson (John Haig)
1071 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1152 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1072 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3740 2001 Kanji
3r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
3-4-2 SKIP code
7730.3 Four corner code
1-31-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c3d Unicode hex code