noun

  1. trench, dugout.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
塹壕 ざんごう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

moat, ditch
ザン セン ほり (Kentei 1)
beheading, kill, murder
き.る ザン セン (11th)
car
シャ くるま くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る コウ わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン あき.らか あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (8th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
trench, dugout, air raid shelter
コウ ほり (Kentei Pre-1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
overpowering, great, powerful
ゴウ こう えら.い (7th, N1)
tall, high, expensive
コウ たか.い た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
pig, hog, pig radical (no. 152)
 (Kentei 1)