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Zach

Readings

Kana: コウ、ゴウ、ほり
Romaji: kou, gou, hori
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

trench, dugout, air raid shelter

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  2273
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-14
Korean Reading:  ho
Chinese Reading:  hao2
Unicode:  58d5
JIS:  3968

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1151
New Nelson Index: 1108
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b14.3
Four Corner Index: 4013.2
Japanese Names Index: 2603
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5559
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0272
Remembering the kanji Index: 2186
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 703
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2301
Kodansha Kanji Index: 966

Words

(ごう)
moat; fosse; trench; ditch; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
塹壕 (ざんごう)
trench; dugout
掩壕 (えんごう)
cover trench
内堀 (うちぼり)
inner moat; moat within the castle walls
水濠 (すいごう)
water jump (on a racetrack, etc.); moat (around a castle, etc.)
(ほり)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
防空壕 (ぼうくうごう)
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
外堀 (そとぼり)
outer moat (castle)
壕跡 (ごうあと、ほりあと)
remains of a dugout (usu. mil.)
待避壕 (たいひごう)
bomb shelter; dugout; trench
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