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溝 = 冓 + 水
溝 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gutter”. It is built from 冓 (funnel) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1960.
- Keyword
- gutter
- RTK frame
- 1960
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- コウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- みぞ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- водосток
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 溝 ditch
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 溝 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “funnel” + “water”. 溝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 溝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.