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沟

gōu

ditch, ravine

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 勾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 溝.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

勾 sound component

勾  Sound component

gōu, gòu

  

hook

勾 is a component form of 句.

Evolution

沟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
沟 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
沟 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

沟 (溝) 

gōu

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

Most common words with 沟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沟通

to join

沟

ditch

水沟

gutter

腹股沟

groin (anatomy)

排水沟

gutter

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 10.8602% of movies

1985th most common character in movies

1610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

溝

Unicode

U+6C9F


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