沟

See also: 溝

沟 U+6C9F, 沟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C9F ← 沞 [U+6C9E] CJK Unified Ideographs 沠 → [U+6CA0]

Translingual

Han character

沟 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水心戈 (EPI) or 難水心戈 (XEPI), four-corner 3712₀, composition ⿰氵勾)

Derived characters

• 𬕋

Related characters

• 溝 (Traditional form of 沟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 612, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17222
• Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1571, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6C9F

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Simplified from 溝 (冓 → 勾) - Compare 购, simplified from 購.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 沟 – see 溝 (“ditch; trench; channel; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 溝).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Unorthodox form simplified from 泃 (句 → 勾). Note that in informal writing, 厶 (尖口) and 口 (方口) are often not distinguished from one another.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 沟 – see 泃 (“Ju River, river that flows from Hebei province to Tianjin; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 泃).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		沟
alternative forms		泃

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 勾 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōu (gou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gou
    • Wade–Giles: kou¹
    • Yale: gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gou
    • Palladius: гоу (gou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gau¹
    • Yale: gāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

沟

1. (historical dictionaries only) sound of water

Japanese

Kanji

沟

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、く (ku)