沟

See also 溝

Translingual

simplified	沟
traditional	沟溝

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 勾 – a ditch or drain for water.

Also Simplified from 溝 (冓 → 勾); compare 购, from 購.

Han character

沟 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心戈 (EPI), X水心戈 (XEPI))

1. ditch, drain, narrow waterway
2. 10^32

References

• KangXi: page 612, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17222
• Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1571, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C9F

See also

• Chinese numeral 沟
  • Last: 穰, 穣
  • Next: 澗, 涧

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Cantonese

Hanzi

沟 (traditional 溝, Yale gau1)

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Japanese

Kanji

沟

Readings

• On: こう (kō), く (ku)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

沟 (traditional 溝, pinyin gōu (gou1), Wade-Giles kou¹)