溝 – gutter, ditch, sewer

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1736 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 溝 means gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みぞ (mizo). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	みぞ	mizo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・冂・一・十・｜.

Words using 溝

溝どぶditch溝みぞditch

Example sentences

彼はその浅い溝を飛び越えた。

He leaped over the shallow ditch.

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両者の溝が狭まった。

The gap between them has narrowed.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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