JLPT N1 · 13 strokes
Kanji 溝: "gutter, ditch, sewer"
The kanji 溝 means "gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read コウ in on'yomi and みぞ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みぞ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32 |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1736 of 2,501 |
Common words with 溝
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 溝ditch; drain; gutter; trench · groove; tread; indentation
- 排水溝drainage; gutter; ditch
- 側溝gutter; ditch
- 海溝oceanic trench; deep-sea trench; deep
- 溝10^32; hundred nonillion
- マリアナ海溝Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)
- 溝渠ditch; sewer; canal
- 大溝large ditch
- 溝鼠brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; street rat; sewer rat · dark grey; dark gray
- 共同溝multipurpose underground utility conduit
- 下水溝drainage ditch; canal
- 日本海溝Japan Trench
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