溝

溝 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水廿廿月 (ETTB), four-corner 3514₇, composition ⿰氵冓)

• KangXi: page 639, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17944
• Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1692, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6E9D

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *koː) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 冓 (OC *koː, *koːs).

Possibly the k-prefix noun of 漏 (OC *roːs, “to leak”) (Schuessler, 2007).

溝

1. ditch; trench; channel (artificial or natural) (Classifier: 條／条 m; 道 m)

   排水溝／排水沟  ―  páishuǐgōu  ―  drainage ditch

   • 到夏天，大雨之後，你便能聽到許多蝦蟆叫，那是都在溝裡面的，因為北京到處都有溝。 [MSC, trad.]
     到夏天，大雨之后，你便能听到许多虾蟆叫，那是都在沟里面的，因为北京到处都有沟。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1922, Lu Xun, 鴨的喜劇

     Dào xiàtiān, dàyǔ zhīhòu, nǐ biàn néng tīng dào xǔduō háma jiào, nà shì dōu zài gōu lǐmiàn de, yīnwèi Běijīng dàochù dōu yǒu gōu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. trench (military)

   壕溝／壕沟  ―  háogōu  ―  trench (military)

   深溝高壘／深沟高垒  ―  shēngōugāolěi  ―  to build firm fortifications (literally, “to dig deep trenches and build high defensive walls”)

3. gully; valley
4. groove; rut; furrow (Classifier: 道 m)

   屁股溝／屁股沟  ―  pìgǔ gōu  ―  gluteal cleft

   開溝播種／开沟播种  ―  kāi gōu bōzhǒng  ―  to make furrows for sowing seeds

5. a numeral that refers to 10³² or others

• (ditch): 槽 (cáo), 槽子 (cáozi)

溝

1. Only used in 溝瞀／沟瞀 (kòumào, “ignorant”).

溝

1. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 摳／抠 (“to mix”).
   • 1987, 林敏聰 (lyrics), “無心睡眠”, performed by 張國榮:

     酒醉與心碎心碎溝起污煙一片 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     酒醉与心碎心碎沟起污烟一片 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zau² zeoi³ jyu⁵ sam¹ seoi³ sam¹ seoi³ kau¹ hei² wu¹ jin¹ jat¹ pin³ [Jyutping]

     drunkenness and heartbreak, heartbreak, forms a muddled smog

溝

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to pick up; to hit on

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: く (ku, 溝)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, 溝)
• Kun: うなて (unate, 溝); せせなぎ (sesenagi, 溝); せせなげ (sesenage, 溝); どぶ (dobu, 溝); みぞ (mizo, 溝, Jōyō)
• Nanori: みぞさき (mizosaki, 溝)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

溝(こう) • (kō) 

1. ditch, channel

   排(はい)水(すい)溝(こう) ― haisuikō ― drainage ditch

2. groove, furrow

   海(かい)溝(こう) ― kaikō ― ocean trench

溝(こう) • (kō) 

1. [from 17th c.] a hundred nonillion, equivalent to 10³²

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝna̠te̞]

溝(うなて) • (unate) 

1. (agriculture) irrigation ditch

• This term is usually written in kanji in formal or technical contexts (e.g., in a newspaper or in official documentation). In informal contexts, however, it is generally written in hiragana.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [se̞se̞na̠ɡʲi]

溝(せせなぎ) • (sesenagi) ^{←せせなき (sesenaki)?}

1. channel with rainwater, sewage or other dirty water

   Synonyms: 溝 (dobu), 下水 (gesui)

2. Synonym of せせらぎ (seseragi)

• This term is usually written in kanji in formal or technical contexts (e.g., in a newspaper or in official documentation). In informal contexts, however, it is generally written in hiragana.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [se̞se̞na̠ɡe̞]

溝(せせなげ) • (sesenage) 

1. Synonym of 溝 (sesenagi)

• This term is usually written in kanji in formal or technical contexts (e.g., in a newspaper or in official documentation). In informal contexts, however, it is generally written in hiragana.

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *minsə.

• (Tokyo) みぞ [mìzó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲizo̞]

溝(みぞ) • (mizo) 

1. ditch

   溝(みぞ)にはまる

   mizo ni hamaru

   get stuck in a ditch

2. groove, furrow

   レコードの溝(みぞ) ― rekōdo no mizo ― record grooves

3. gap between different opinions or emotions; disagreement

   大(おお)きな溝(みぞ)がある。

   Ōki na mizo ga aru.

   There is tremendous disagreement.

   夫(ふう)婦(ふ)間(かん)の溝(みぞ)が深(ふか)まる。

   Fūfukan no mizo ga fukamaru.

   The gap between the husband and the wife widens [deepens].

溝(みぞ) • (Mizo) 

1. a surname

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [mʲizo̞sa̠kʲi]

溝(みぞさき) • (Mizosaki) 

1. a surname

溝 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

溝: Hán Nôm readings: câu

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