渠 — Chinese character
渠
qú
ditch, gutter; canal, channel
- Pinyin
- qú
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 洰 木
- Formation
- ideographic — A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 渠 as a kanji
Common words with 渠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渠道 | qú dào | irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue |
| 沟渠 (溝渠) | gōu qú | channel; moat |
| 水渠 | shuǐ qú | canal |
| 水到渠成 | shuǐ dào qú chéng | lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally |
| 干渠 (幹渠) | gàn qú | trunk canal |
| 河渠 | hé qú | rivers and canals; waterway |
| 石渠 | shí qú | stone channel (e.g. drain) |
| 明渠 | míng qú | (open, uncovered) water channel; canal |
| 灌渠 | guàn qú | irrigation channel |
| 暗渠 | àn qú | underground water channel; covered ditch |
| 灌溉渠 | guàn gài qú | irrigation channel |
| 排水渠 | pái shuǐ qú | drainage |
English words written with 渠
渠 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.