A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
渠 [Qú]
surname Qu
渠 [jù]
how can it be that?
渠 [qú]
big; stream or canal; drain; ditch; CL:條|条[tiáo]; him (dialect); outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (33)
渠道 [qúdào] #8,774
irrigation ditch
水到渠成 [shuǐdàoqúchéng] #23,319
lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)
沟渠 [gōuqú] #26,206
channel
沟渠 [gōuqú] #26,206
channel
水渠 [shuǐqú] #41,840
canal
干渠 [gànqú] #34,360
trunk canal
干渠 [gànqú] #34,360
trunk canal
明渠 [míngqú] #42,141
(open, uncovered) water channel
河渠 [héqú] #49,211
rivers and canals
渠县 [Qúxiàn] #52,340
Qu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Dázhōu], Sichuan
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
暗渠 [あんきょ] #78,478
subterranean drain
巨魁 [きょかい] #89,332
ringleader
溝渠 [こうきょ] #90,356
ditch
船渠 [せんきょ] #101,146
dock
入渠 [にゅうきょ] #134,223
entering a dock
乾船渠 [かんせんきょ] #209,037
dry dock
暗渠排水 [あんきょはいすい] #218,754
underdrainage
開渠 [かいきょ] #301,888
open ditch
下水道管渠 [げすいどうかんきょ]
sewage pipe
出渠 [しゅっきょ]
leaving the (repair) dock
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