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溝

溝 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning

gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. みぞ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「冓」。「水道」「みぞ」を意味する漢語｛溝｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Kun (native)
  • みぞJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • どぶ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音gou1
  • 한글gu
  • Hán-ViệtCâu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6E9D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵冓

Words using this kanji

  • 溝みぞditch, drain, gutter, trench（みぞ）水などを流す目的で、地面などを線状に掘ったもの。 （コウ）漢数字。1溝は1032を表す。穣の次で澗の前の位。
  • 溝どぶditch, drain, gutter, trench（みぞ）水などを流す目的で、地面などを線状に掘ったもの。 （コウ）漢数字。1溝は1032を表す。穣の次で澗の前の位。
  • 溝こう10^32, hundred nonillion（みぞ）水などを流す目的で、地面などを線状に掘ったもの。 （コウ）漢数字。1溝は1032を表す。穣の次で澗の前の位。
  • 溝渠こうきょditch, sewer, canal給水または排水のためにつくられた溝の総称。
  • 溝鼠どぶねずみbrown rat (Rattus norvegicus), common rat, street rat, sewer rat
  • 溝水どぶみずditch water溝にある水。
  • 溝泥どぶどろditch mud
  • 溝溜こうりゅうdrain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
  • 溝蜆どぶしじみSphaerium japonicum (species of fingernail clam)
  • 溝隠みぞかくしChinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
  • 溝貝どぶがいChinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
  • 溝形鋼みぞがたこうchannel (type of section steel)
  • 溝酸漿みぞほおずきmonkey flower (plant), mimulus (plant) (Mimulus nepalensis var. japonicus)
  • 溝五位みぞごいJapanese night heron (Gorsachius goisagi)
  • 溝状舌こうじょうぜつfissured tongue
  • 溝腹綱こうふくこうSolenogastres (subclass of small worm-like molluscs)
  • 溝削りみぞけずりfluting, grooving
  • 溝掘り機みぞほりきtrench digging machine, trencher
  • 溝レールみぞレールgrooved rail
  • 溝さらいどぶさらいcleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

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Example sentences

  • 両者の溝が狭まった。

    The gap between them has narrowed.

  • 彼はその浅い溝を飛び越えた。

    He leaped over the shallow ditch.

  • 彼はジャンプして溝を越えた。

    He jumped over a ditch.

Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.

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Lookup codes

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3514.7
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3a10.9
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