Chinese symbol for “irrigate”
灌溉
guàn gài
to irrigate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for irrigate is 灌溉 (guàn gài), defined as: to irrigate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “irrigate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灌 | guàn | to irrigate; to pour |
| 灌水 | guàn shuǐ | to irrigate; to pour water into |
| 溉 | gài | to irrigate |
| 沃 | wò | fertile; rich |
| 浇 (澆) | jiāo | to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灌溉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灌输 (灌輸) | guàn shū | to imbue with; to inculcate |
| 灌木 | guàn mù | bush; shrub |
| 灌木丛 (灌木叢) | guàn mù cóng | shrub; shrubbery |
| 灌丛 (灌叢) | guàn cóng | scrub; shrubland |
| 灌醉 | guàn zuì | to fuddle; to befuddle |
| 灌溉渠 | guàn gài qú | irrigation channel |
| 地面灌溉 | dì miàn guàn gài | surface irrigation |
| 溉涤 (溉滌) | gài dí | to wash |
See also: Japanese symbol for “irrigate”.
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.