Question

掘 ほ.る dig, delve, excavate 2 1257 11 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic If you dig with your fingers hard enough, soil eventually yields.

Accepted Answer

クツ ぼり 発掘(はっくつ): (1) excavation; exhumation (2) discovery (e.g. new talent)掘る(ほる): (1) to dig; to excavate; to hollow (2) to dig up (e.g. vegetables)採掘(さいくつ): mining S 手: hand屈: yield; bend; flinch; submit 手 4 (none) dig When you dig, you´d better hope that whatever you´re digging into yields to your fingers. If not, you´re bound to lose some nails.

Kanji	掘
Onyomi	クツ
Kunyomi	ほ.る
Nanori	ぼり
English	dig, delve, excavate
Examples	発掘(はっくつ): (1) excavation; exhumation (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) 掘る(ほる): (1) to dig; to excavate; to hollow (2) to dig up (e.g. vegetables) 採掘(さいくつ): mining
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1257
Components	手: hand 屈: yield; bend; flinch; submit
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	dig
Koohii Story 1	If you dig with your fingers hard enough, soil eventually yields.
Koohii Story 2	When you dig, you´d better hope that whatever you´re digging into yields to your fingers. If not, you´re bound to lose some nails.

Dig E.G You´Re 掘 クツ ほ.る ぼり Delve

Dig E.G You´Re 掘クツほ.るぼり Delve