Chinese symbol for “furrow”
犁沟
lí gōu
Traditional: 犁溝
furrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for furrow is 犁沟 (lí gōu), defined as: furrow.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “furrow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垄沟 (壟溝) | lǒng gōu | furrow (agriculture) |
| 沟槽 (溝槽) | gōu cáo | groove; furrow |
| 墒 | shāng | plowed earth; soil moisture |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 犁沟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犁头 (犁頭) | lí tóu | plowshare; colter |
| 犁地 | lí dì | to plow |
| 犁铧 (犁鏵) | lí huá | plowshare |
| 耕犁 | gēng lí | plow |
| 爬犁 | pá lí | sledge |
| 沟通 (溝通) | gōu tōng | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate |
| 鸿沟 (鴻溝) | hóng gōu | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 (Chǔ) and |
| 水沟 (水溝) | shuǐ gōu | gutter; sewer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “furrow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.