彫ほる

ほる horu

to carve
to engrave
to sculpture
to chisel

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

雕刻

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは私わたしに木きの人にん形ぎょうを彫ほってくれた。
He carved me a wooden doll.
他为我雕了一个木偶。
Tatoeba #105961
彼かれらは大だい理り石せきで像ぞうを彫ほっている。
They are chiseling a statue out of marble.
他们在用大理石雕像。
Tatoeba #96592

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6fc77ae762'); // 彫る

{
  "id": "6fc77ae762",
  "word": "彫る",
  "reading": "ほる",
  "romaji": "horu",
  "meanings": [
    "to carve",
    "to engrave",
    "to sculpture",
    "to chisel"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1427950,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は私に木の人形を彫ってくれた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{私|わたし}に{木|き}の{人形|にんぎょう}を{彫|ほ}ってくれた。",
      "en": "He carved me a wooden doll.",
      "tatoeba_id": 105961
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼らは大理石で像を彫っている。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}らは{大理石|だいりせき}で{像|ぞう}を{彫|ほ}っている。",
      "en": "They are chiseling a statue out of marble.",
      "tatoeba_id": 96592
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b965a60ab521e7a07b54b618495bd2a0e15b867a7ff2e547641fe3c4db3188c4",
    "meanings": [
      "雕刻"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は私に木の人形を彫ってくれた。",
        "zh": "他为我雕了一个木偶。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼らは大理石で像を彫っている。",
        "zh": "他们在用大理石雕像。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/6fc77ae762",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1427950; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "c6aa4515a9831b3e84d79ee1fe47d4d4251f08b2027a91896ecb9e3766d888fd"
  }
}