1. 沟
  2. 壑

沟

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  1. 沟 is the 1608th most frequent character.
  2. 沟 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 沟 appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. 沟 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
沟 => 氵, 勾
Radical :
沟 => 氵 (water), 勹 (wrap), 厶 (private)
Graphical :
沟 => ⺀, ㇀, ㇆, ㇒, ㇛, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gou1 - ditch/gutter/groove/gully/ravine/CL:道[dao4]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沟 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 沟 (gou1): The component 勾 is pronounced as 'gou4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沟 (溝)
沟通 (溝通)

Medium Frequency

九寨沟 (九寨溝)
乳沟 (乳溝)
代沟 (代溝)
水沟 (水溝)
沟壑 (溝壑)
沟渠 (溝渠)
鸿沟 (鴻溝)

壑

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  1. 壑 is the 3871st most frequent character.
  2. 壑 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 壑 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 壑 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
壑 => 㕡, 土
Radical :
壑 => 卜 (divination), 冂 (upside down box), 一 (one), 谷 (valley), 又 (right hand), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
壑 => 丨, 丶, 冂, 一, 八, 人, 口, ㇇, ㇏, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. he4 - gully

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

沟壑 (溝壑)

Medium Frequency

丘壑 
欲壑难填 (慾壑難填)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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