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沟

沟

See also: 溝

Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 氵 ‎(“water”) + phonetic 勾 ‎(OC *koː) – 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) or X水心戈 (XEPI), composition ⿰氵勾)

  1. ditch, drain, narrow waterway
  2. 1032

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 沟 – see 溝.
(This character, 沟, is the simplified form of 溝.)
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 沟 – see 泃.
(This character, 沟, is a variant form of 泃.)

Japanese

Kanji

沟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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