沟 (gōu): meaning and stroke order
沟 (gōu) means ditch, gutter, groove, gully, ravine, CL:道.
沟
- Simplified
- 沟
- Traditional
- 溝
- Pinyin
- gōu
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Stroke order of 沟
沟
- gōu ditch; gutter
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 溝
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Meaning of 沟
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gōu
Traditional 溝
- ditch
- gutter
- groove
- gully
- ravine
- CL:道[dao4]
Radical and structure
- 沟
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 7 strokes · 氵 on the left, 勾 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 沟
- 排水沟 pái shuǐ gōu gutter
- 沟通 gōu tōng to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).