Hanja Analyzer
渠

渠 — geo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
개천 거
Romanization
geo
English
ditch, canal, channel, gutter
Mandarin
qú
Japanese on'yomi
キョ, ゴ
Japanese kun'yomi
かれ なんぞ なに みぞ いずくんぞ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
水 (85, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+6E20

How 渠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 渠 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 榘.

Korean example words with 渠

  • 철거鐵渠 Korean gloss: 철판을 구부려서 만든 도랑
  • 구거溝渠 Korean gloss: 수채 물이 흐르는 작은 도랑
  • 관거管渠 Korean gloss: 상수나 하수, 우수 따위가 흘러가도록 만든 관
  • 함거艦渠 Korean gloss: 함선을 조립하거나 고치기 위하여 항만에 설치하는 구조물
  • 구거지溝渠地 Korean gloss: 수채 물이 흐르는 작은 도랑이 있는 땅
  • 오거汚渠 Korean gloss: 더러운 도랑.
  • 수거水渠 Korean gloss: 매우 좁고 작은 개울.
  • 함거函渠 Korean gloss: 위를 덮게 만든 도랑.
  • 하거河渠 Korean gloss: 강과 개천을 통틀어 이르는 말.
  • 천거川渠 Korean gloss: 물의 근원이 가까운 곳에 있는 내.
  • 출거出渠 Korean gloss: 배가 독(dock)에서 바다로 나옴.
  • 개거開渠 Korean gloss: 위를 덮지 아니하고 터놓은 수로(水路).

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 渠

  • 暗渠あんきょ subterranean drain; culvert; conduit
  • 溝渠こうきょ ditch; sewer; canal
  • 出渠しゅっきょ leaving the (repair) dock
  • 入渠にゅうきょ entering a dock
  • 函渠かんきょ drain with an oblong cross-section
  • 船渠せんきょ dock
  • 明渠めいきょ open ditch
  • 開渠かいきょ open ditch; open channel; open conduit
  • 管渠かんきょ pipe (e.g. sewer, storm water); culvert
  • 河渠かきょ waterway; canal; river
  • 渠河きょが waterway; canal; river
  • 渠帥きょすい chief of bandits

Other hanja read “거”

Other hanja with radical 水

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