Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb

    digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep

  2. probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly

  3. deepening relations

Also written 深掘り【ふかぼり】深堀【ふかぼり】深掘【ふかぼり】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen

Kun
ふか.い-ぶか.いふか.まるふか.めるみ-
On
シン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
484 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3a8.21The Kanji Dictionary
3719.4Four corner code
364deroo
6df1Unicode hex code
1-31-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2606Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3206New Nelson (John Haig)
524New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
636Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
385Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
480Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1328Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1426Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
552A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1341Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
593Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17687Morohashi
325A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
536Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
545Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258sakade
690Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342henshall3
377Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
424crowley
121Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1212Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1339Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shen1Pinyin reading
simKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ditch, moat, canal

Kun
ほり
On
クツ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1285 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 40

Built from

Used in names as

ほっ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
3b8.11The Kanji Dictionary
4717.2Four corner code
1476deroo
5800Unicode hex code
1-43-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1095Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1036New Nelson (John Haig)
467New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
561Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
342Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
423Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1062Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1142Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
941A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1847Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1837Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5205Morohashi
1824A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1804Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1942Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1154Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1417Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1260Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
378Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1071Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ku1, jue2Pinyin reading
gulKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
40WaniKani level