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溝

gōu

ditch, ravine

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

冓 sound component

冓  Sound component

gòu

  

a secluded place

Evolution

溝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溝 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
溝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

沟 (溝) 

gōu

ditch, drain, narrow waterway; ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dào]

Most common words with 溝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沟通

to join

沟

ditch

水沟

gutter

腹股沟

groin (anatomy)

排水沟

gutter

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤ(r)o

kuw

gōu

irrigation canal


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 10.8602% of movies

1985th most common character in movies

1610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

沟

Unicode

U+6E9D

Shuowen

“溝，水瀆，廣四尺，深四尺。从水，冓聲。”


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