彫

彫 — carve, engrave, chisel

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1533 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ちょう chou
Kun'yomi: ほ.る ho.ru

-ぼ.り -bo.ri

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 彫

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