The kanji 溝: meaning, readings and stroke order
溝
- Meaning
- ditch, groove
- On reading
- コウ kou
- Kun reading
- みぞ mizo
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- rãnh, mương (câu)
- Japanese
- みぞ。ほそながく ほった ところ。
- Korean
- 도랑, 홈 (구)
- Chinese
- 沟、水沟 (沟)
Readings, words and example sentences
コウ kou · on reading · less common
海溝
ocean trench
深い 海溝を 調べます。
They study a deep ocean trench.
みぞ mizo · kun reading
溝
ditch, gutter
道の わきに 溝が あります。
There is a ditch at the side of the road.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.