Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

溝: gutter, ditch

Also: sewer, drain, 10**32

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 冓 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 側溝そっこうgutter; ditch
  • 海溝かいこうoceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep
  • 排水溝はいすいこうdrainage; gutter; ditch

みぞmizo · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 溝みぞditch; drain; gutter

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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冓

Also built on 冓

溝 takes the 冓 family's reading, コウ (kou).

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
溝 gutter · 氵
vs構 posture · 木
溝 has 氵 where 構 has 木.
In ChineseSimplified 沟 · traditional, as in Japanese · gōu

Japan keeps the traditional form 溝; mainland China simplifies it to 沟.

Simplified
沟 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
溝 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin gōu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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