Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32
Kun:
みぞ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 溝 【コウ】 10^32, hundred nonillion
  • 溝渠 【コウキョ】 ditch, sewer, canal
  • 排水溝 【ハイスイコウ】 drainage, gutter, ditch
  • 海溝 【カイコウ】 oceanic trench, deep-sea trench, deep

Kun reading compounds

  • 溝 【みぞ】 ditch, drain, gutter, trench, groove, tread, indentation, gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift
  • 溝隠 【みぞかくし】 Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
  • 押さえ溝 【おさえみぞ】 groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade
  • 逃げ溝 【にげみぞ】 clearance groove, under cut

Readings

Japanese names:
どぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • cuneta
  • zanja
  • alcantarilla
  • desagüe

Portuguese

  • ranhura
  • canal
  • encanamento
  • dreno
  • 10 elevado a 32

French

  • rigole
  • fossé
  • égout
  • 10**32
1263 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1706 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2657 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1487 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1012 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1050 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1499 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1232 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
810 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
604 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1836 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17944X Morohashi
659 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3275 New Nelson (John Haig)
1819 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1960 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1639 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347 2001 Kanji
3a10.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3514.7 Four corner code
1-25-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e9d Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
collect, gather, be in arrears
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2451 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 溜飲 【リュウイン】 acid reflux, bile reflux, pyrosis, stomach acid (when it enters the esophagus), heartburn, indigestion, water brash, gloating, gratification, satisfaction
  • 溜飲が下がる 【リュウインガサガル】 to feel relieved, to feel satisfied
  • 溝溜 【コウリュウ】 drain and pool for collecting sewage, etc.
  • 貯留 【チョリュウ】 accumulation (e.g. of water), retention, storage, collection, sequestration (e.g. of carbon dioxide)

Kun reading compounds

  • 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
  • 溜まる 【たまる】 to collect, to gather, to save, to accumulate, to pile up
  • 溜める 【ためる】 to amass, to accumulate, to store, to leave unpaid
  • 溜まり 【たまり】 pile, pool, collection, gathering spot, waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring, liquid runoff from miso preparation, tamari, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
  • たまり醤油 【たまりじょうゆ】 tamari soy sauce, variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.)
  • 船だまり 【ふなだまり】 moorage (esp. for small boats), anchorage
  • 溜め 【ため】 cesspool, sink, manure sink
  • ため息 【ためいき】 sigh
  • ゴミ溜め 【ゴミため】 garbage dump, scrap heap, rubbish dump, dump, dumpsite

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu1, liu4
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1892 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
814 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17943 Morohashi
662 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3276 New Nelson (John Haig)
2324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2415 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a10.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3716.2 Four corner code
1-46-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e9c Unicode hex code