Memory phrase for the character: 溝

溝

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Meaning

ditch, drain, gutter, channel

Pronunciation

KŌ
mizo, dobu

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: pile up/accumulate (two baskets 再 on top of each other, the lower one upside down)

Mnemonic
 
If you want to pile up (= collect) water, you need a ditch.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
pileoriginally two baskets, the lower one turned upside down




 Vocabulary

溝 どぶ  ditch, drain, gutter, gap
溝 みぞ  ditch, drain, gutter, gap
溝鼠 どぶねずみ  common rat; street rat; sewer rat

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