Entry
  1. Noun

    digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)

  2. country bumpkin; yokel

    Derogatory

Also written 芋ほり【いもほり】いも掘り【いもほり】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

taro, yam, tuber

Kun
いも
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2418 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3k3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4440.1Four corner code
1947deroo
828bUnicode hex code
1-16-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3896Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4964New Nelson (John Haig)
2181New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2706Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1381Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1868Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1655Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1784Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2001A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
288Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1682Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30670PMorohashi
1011A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1909Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2081Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1694Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1088Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1834Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
639Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1670Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
u, huKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level
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