Chinese Character 沟 Meanings and components.

Form

沟

Meaning

沟 meaning[3] in English

Ditch.

Gutter.

Groove.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沟 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Gou (勾)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EPI

How to write 沟

To write沟gou1ditch you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 勾gou1surname Gou arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 勾 = 沟

沟 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 沟 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 沟, looks as follow:

沟
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ditch . Gutter . Groove . Gully . Ravine . Cl:道[Dao4]
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
勾
Pinyin:gou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Gou
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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