Meaning
canal · ditch · moat
On'yomi
クツ
Kun'yomi
ほり
Common compounds (10)
- 堀 ほりcanal; ditch
- 外堀 そとぼりouter moat (of a castle)
- 堀り出し物 ほりだしもの(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
- 堀江 ほりえcanal
- 堀川 ほりかわcanal
- 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
- 堀り返す ほりかえすto rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
- 根ほり葉ほり ねほりはほりinquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
- 堀端 ほりばたside of a moat