溝
溝 — Gutter
gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiみぞ (mizo)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 溝
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 溝 | みぞ mizo | ditch; drain; gutter |
| 側溝 | そっこう sokkou | gutter; ditch |
| 海溝 | かいこう kaikou | oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep |
| 排水溝 | はいすいこう haisuikou | drainage; gutter; ditch |
Study notes
溝 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1736 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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