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Kanji Detail for 溝 - "ditch, gutter, gap"

溝

  • Meaning

    溝 means "ditch, gutter, gap."

    1. Ditch - A narrow trench.

    2. Gutter - A channel for water drainage.

    3. Gap - A separation or divide.

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    • Verified meaning: ditch, gutter, gap
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みぞ, みぞさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 溝

    Surnames 溝(みぞ)Listen 溝(みぞさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gutter; ditch; sewer; drain; 10**32

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ditch, drain, narrow waterway

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine; CL:道[dao4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A water channel in fields. Passages for drainage in roads and buildings are also called 溝. As in 陰溝 (covered drain), 陽溝 (open drain). | 溝通 (to communicate). Meaning to make things flow between each other. The term originates from (Zuo Zhuan).

  • Onyomi

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    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mizo(みぞ) みぞ

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    ditch gutter gap canal moat sewer groove furrow channel conduit culvert cut depression divide drain excavation narrow rut separation trench trough waterway

Sentences including 溝

  • The gap between them has narrowed.

  • He leaped over the shallow ditch.

  • I hope you fall in a ditch.

  • He jumped over a ditch.

  • I am afraid to jump over the ditch.

  • The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.

  • After we finish digging the trench, planting the flowers will be easy.

  • The stout man leaped over the shallow ditch and stumbled.

  • In the London underground there is a warning to "mind the gap" when boarding the train.

  • On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter.

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