Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    prospecting; trial digging

    彼らは石油を目当てに土地を試掘している。
    They are boring the ground for oil.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal

Kun
こころ.みるため.す
On
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N4
Frequency
392 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.18The Kanji Dictionary
0364.0Four corner code
3056deroo
8a66Unicode hex code
1-27-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4361Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5611New Nelson (John Haig)
1525New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1025Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1385Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
354Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
378Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
409A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1932Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
354Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35415Morohashi
499A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
526Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
535Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
416sakade
250Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
525henshall3
604Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
795Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.9busy_people
1680Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
360Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
siKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani 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