壑 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hè

bed of torrent

A ditch 㕡 carved in the earth 土; 㕡 also provides the pronunciation

Components

hé

(same as U+58D1 壑) the bed of a torrent

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

hè

bed of torrent, narrow ravine; gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huò]

Most common words with 壑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	壑	gully
	沟壑	gorge
	欲壑难填	bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed
	以邻为壑	to use one's neighbor as a drain
	丘壑	hills and valleys

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʰˤak	xak	hè	moat; canal

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3880th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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