Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

Also written 掘りつくす【ほりつくす】堀りつくす【ほりつくす】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dig, delve, excavate

Kun
ほ.る
On
クツ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1257 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

ぼり

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3c8.32The Kanji Dictionary
5707.2Four corner code
1376deroo
6398Unicode hex code
1-23-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1943Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2204New Nelson (John Haig)
496New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
601Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
364Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
454Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1061Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1141Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1276A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1265Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12264Morohashi
1189A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1803Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1941Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1438Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1259Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
897Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1070Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jue2Pinyin reading
gul, gweolKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exhaust, use up, run out of, deplete, befriend, serve

Kun
つ.きるつ.くすつ.かす-づ.く-ず.くことごと.く
On
ジンサン
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1234 of 2500
Radical
corpse
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
3-3-3, 3-4-2SKIP code
3r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7730.3Four corner code
3740deroo
5c3dUnicode hex code
1-31-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1380Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1408New Nelson (John Haig)
3050New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3786Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1932Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2624Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1071Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1152Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1603A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1530Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7642Morohashi
1447A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1726Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1844Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1229Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1072Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1726Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
523Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1080Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin3, jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level