堀 ditch, moat, canal 11 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1285 in newspapers Readings Onクツ Kunほり In Chinese 堀 Words written with it 堀 ほり moat N3 堀江 ほりえ canal 堀川 ほりかわ canal 外堀 そとぼり outer moat (of a castle) 内堀 うちぼり inner moat 釣り堀 つりぼり fish pond (artificially stocked) 堀端 ほりばた side of a moat