Kanji1 / 11
彫 kanji
carve, engrave, chisel
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
チョウ
Kun readings
ほる-ぼり
Words with 彫
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2彫刻Popularcarving; engraving; sculpture
- —彫金Popularchasing; metal carving; metal engraving
- —彫塑Popularcarving; engraving; clay model; plastic art
- —彫像Popular(carved) statue; sculpture
- —木彫Popularwood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
- —彫工carver; engraver; sculptor
- —彫琢carving and polishing
- —彫漆carved lacquer technique
- —彫器burin
- —彫刻家engraver; carver; sculptor
- —彫刻界sculpture circles
- —彫刻師engraver; carver
- —彫刻術sculpture; engraving; the plastic art
- —彫刻刀chisel; graver
- —彫刻版engraving
- —彫刻物engraving; carving; statue
- —彫塑術the plastic art
- —彫金師chaser; engraver
- —彫金家metal carver; chaser; engraver
- —彫心鏤骨laborious work; lucubration; lucubrations; painstakingly polishing a piece of literary work