Chinese symbol for “gulch”
沟壑
gōu hè
Traditional: 溝壑
gorge; gulch; ravine; deep ditch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gulch is 沟壑 (gōu hè), defined as: gorge; gulch; ravine; deep ditch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 沟壑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 沟渠 (溝渠) | gōu qú | channel; moat |
| 阴沟 (陰溝) | yīn gōu | sewer; underground drainage channel |
| 壕沟 (壕溝) | háo gōu | trench; moat |
| 以邻为壑 (以鄰為壑) | yǐ lín wéi hè | to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom) |
| 欲壑难填 (慾壑難填) | yù hè nán tián | (idiom) insatiably greedy |
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.