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Readings

Kana: ケツ、えぐ.る、こじ.る、くじ.る
Romaji: ketsu, egu.ru, koji.ru, kuji.ru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

gouge, hollow out, bore, pry

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  gyeol
Chinese Reading:  jue2
Unicode:  6289
JIS:  5931

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1840
New Nelson Index: 2078
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c4.3
Four Corner Index: 5503.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11873
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0128
Remembering the kanji Index: 2274
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2373

Words

抉る (えぐる、くる)
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
抉る (くじる)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
刳れる (えぐれる)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
抉じ開ける (こじあける)
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
抉じ入れる (こじいれる)
to force something (into); to thrust forcibly (into)
決る (しゃくる、さくる)
to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out; to scoop; to ladle; to bail; to jerk (one's chin)
抉る (こじる)
to pry; to prize; to prise
剔抉 (てっけつ)
gouging (out); exposure
杓れる (しゃくれる)
to be concaved; to have a concave shape; to be crooked (chin)
抉り出す (えぐりだす)
to gouge; to scoop out
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