Kanji

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: gouge, hollow out, bore, pry

Kunyomi: えぐ.る こじ.る くじ.る

Onyomi: ケツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

テッケツ gouging out, exposing (a scandal, fraud, etc.)

Kunyomi Examples

えぐる 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

こじる to pry, to prize, to prise

くじる to stick into and move around, to dig around in, to pick (i.e. one's teeth)