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ほる

彫る

horu

less common

English

to carve, to engrave

नेपाली

कुँद्नु, कोर्नु

Examples

  1. 木きに名前なまえを彫ほりました。

    I carved my name into a piece of wood.

  2. 石いしに文字もじを彫ほる職人しょくにんの技術ぎじゅつは見事みごとです。

    The skill of artisans who carve letters into stone is amazing.

  3. この仏像ぶつぞうは、職人しょくにんが三さん年ねんにわたって彫ほったものです。

    This Buddha statue was carved by an artisan over a period of three years.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

彫 11 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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