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

    to dig through; to drill into; to excavate

    山を掘り抜いてトンネルが造られた。
    A tunnel has been bored through the mountain.
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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

slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit

Kun
ぬ.く-ぬ.くぬ.きぬ.けるぬ.かすぬ.かる
On
バツハツハイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
726 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

ぬき

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.10The Kanji Dictionary
5404.7Four corner code
1367deroo
629cUnicode hex code
1-40-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1854Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2093New Nelson (John Haig)
246New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
290Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
183Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
219Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
705Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
761Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
684A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
384Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1525Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11901PMorohashi
1708A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1713Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1830Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
561Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1129Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
769Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
864Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
712Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ba2Pinyin reading
bal, paeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level