溝 — kanji meaning “gutter”
溝
gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32
- Meanings
- gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- みぞ
- Name readings
- どぶ
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1736 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- gōu — Chinese character page
Words with 溝
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海溝 | かいこう kaikou | oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep |
| 側溝 | そっこう sokkou | gutter; ditch |
| 盧溝橋 | ろこうきょう rokoukyou | Marco Polo Bridge (China) |
| 地溝 | ちこう chikou | rift valley |
| 大溝 | おおどぶ oodobu | large ditch |
| 溝鼠 | どぶねずみ dobunezumi | brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; street rat |
| 排水溝 | はいすいこう haisuikou | drainage; gutter; ditch |
| 下水溝 | げすいこう gesuikou | drainage ditch; canal |
| 溝渠 | こうきょ koukyo | ditch; sewer; canal |
| 畝溝 | うねみぞ unemizo | furrow ridges |
| 日本海溝 | にほんかいこう nihonkaikou | Japan Trench |
| 溝水 | どぶみず dobumizu | ditch water |
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