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堀 means 'ditch'
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On クツ
Name ほっ
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 堀 - click the badge to download
Through this photo-rich essay (which includes gorgeous pictures of castle towers alongside moats), you'll learn why the Japanese sometimes created dry moats, how moats with lattice bottoms deterred enemies, how moat layout related to socioeconomic strata, how both moats and canals have left marks on Tokyo and Osaka, what it means to "bridge a moat" figuratively, and more!
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 堀 is used 3 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 堀 is used 17 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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ほり
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1. moat; fosse2. canal; ditch
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ほり
(read as ぼり)
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