Chinese Character Wiki

渠

qú, jù

ditch

A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation

Components
洰 sound,meaning component

洰  Sound Meaning component

  

木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

渠 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
渠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
渠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
渠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

渠  

qú

ditch, canal, channel, gutter; big; stream or canal; drain; ditch; CL:條|条[tiáo]; him (dialect); outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)

渠  

Qú

surname Qu

渠  

jù

how can it be that?

Most common words with 渠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

渠道

means

水到渠成

lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)

渠

big

沟渠

channel

水渠

canal

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

蕖 磲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g](r)a

gjo

qú

canal


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 3.0754% of movies

2804th most common character in movies

2315th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+6E20

Shuowen

“渠，水所居。从水，榘省聲。”


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