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

    to dig up; to turn up; to tear up

    春になると畑をほりかえして種をまきます。
    When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
  2. to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

Also written 堀り返す【ほりかえす】

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Characters in this word

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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

return, answer, fade, repay

Kun
かえ.す-かえ.すかえ.る-かえ.る
On
ヘン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
685 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-4SKIP code
2q4.5The Kanji Dictionary
3130.4Four corner code
3367deroo
8fd4Unicode hex code
1-42-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4670Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6020New Nelson (John Haig)
3060New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3797Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
725Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
586A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
307Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38758PMorohashi
389A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
442Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316sakade
950Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
412henshall3
289Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
477crowley
184Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
681Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
733Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan3Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level