Keyword
canal
- ditch
- gutter
- channel
- Frequency
- #1995
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation
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Used in vocabulary
渠道
irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
渠
(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:条 (tiáo)); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her; (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe
沟渠
channel; moat; irrigation canal
水渠
canal
水到渠成
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally
干渠
trunk canal
渠县
Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 达州市 (DázhōuShì), Sichuan
石渠县
Sêrxü, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州 (GānzīZàngzúZìzhìzhōu), Sichuan
河渠
rivers and canals; waterway
石渠
Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet); name of several historical figures
灵渠
Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 兴安 (Xīng'ān), Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 长江 (ChángJiāng) to the Pearl River 珠江 (Zhūjiāng)
明渠
(open, uncovered) water channel; canal
灌渠
irrigation channel
郑国渠
Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC
暗渠
underground water channel; covered ditch; culvert
灌溉渠
irrigation channel
五家渠市
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
排水渠
drainage
渠沟
trench
石渠阁
cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五经 (Wǔjīng) as state canon
五家渠
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang
渠魁
rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain