渠

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 2.2 Noun 2.3 Pronoun 2.4 Synonyms 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

渠 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD), four-corner 3190₄)

1. ditch, canal, channel, gutter

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 633, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E20

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

渠 (Yale keui4)

[edit] Noun

1. a passage that water or other liquids may flow along, and it is made by people: channel, ditch, canal, drain

   渠務 = Drainage Services

2. Kui, a Chinese surname

[edit] Pronoun

1. he, she, it

   問渠哪得清如許 = ask (someone) why it(the pond) can be so clean like that

[edit] Synonyms

• (he, she, it)佢

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

渠

[edit] Readings

• On: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: みぞ (mizo), かれ (kare), なんぞ (nanzo)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

渠 (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

渠 (pinyin qú (qu2), Wade-Giles ch'ü²)