堀 — gul

Parts that make up 堀

How 堀 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 堀 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 屈.

Korean example words with 堀

• 굴착공사堀鑿工事 Korean gloss: 인력 또는 기계 따위로 지반을 파는 공사. 일반적으로는 굴착ㆍ적재ㆍ배토 운반의 작업을 포함한다.
• 구굴깊이溝堀깊이 Korean gloss: 구굴기 등을 이용하여 판 굴의 깊이.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 堀

• 堀ほり moat; fosse; canal
• 堀江ほりえ canal
• 堀川ほりかわ canal
• 外堀そとぼり outer moat (of a castle)
• 内堀うちぼり inner moat; moat within the castle walls
• 釣り堀つりぼり fish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
• 堀端ほりばた side of a moat
• 堀割ほりわり canal; waterway; ditch
• 空堀からぼり dry moat
• 竪堀たてぼり ascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope
• 横堀よこぼり moat; horizontal trench
• 用水堀ようすいぼり irrigation ditch

Characters sharing the phonetic 屈

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “굴” in Korean.

Other hanja read “굴”

Other hanja with radical 土