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Meaning of 堀

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Pinyin:
English Definition: cave; hole
Chinese Definition:
①古同“窟”,洞穴。
②穿穴:“(舜)以其徒属堀地财,取水利……然后免于冻馁之患。”
③冲起:“塕然起于穷巷之间,堀堁扬尘。”
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (earth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
    • [ ] to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
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Example Sentences
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36
"Japanese companies are wasting the young generations to protect older workers," said Mr. Horie, now 36.
2
Tatsuo Horita ,a banker from Japan ,is visiting with an officer of the Bank of England .
3
After more than a decade of trying to gain regular status, Mr. Horie finally quit - not just the temporary jobs, but Japan altogether.
4
Orikawa Yuukichi has watched the town he grew up in reduced to twisted metal and splintered wood.
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To understand why, many here point to the fate of one of the nation' s best-known Internet tycoons, Takafumi Horie.