沟

go̅u = g + ou1

ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:道[dao4]

沟 = 勾 + 氵 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) Guy Fawkes (g) drew (勾) a photo-realistic comic (勾) of an open gully (沟) on the floor. The people are afraid to step onto it because it looks so real. They only start to believe Guy Fawkes that it's not as he spills a bottle of water (氵) over his chalk painting.

沟 character breakdown

沟
- 勾
  - 勹
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 厶
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

go̅u = g + ou1

surname Gou

勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).

go̅u = g + ou1

to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook

勾 = 勹 + 厶 : The elephant (勹) has Guy Fawkes (g) draw (勾) a cartoon (勾) of him in front of the outhouse (ou1). He told Guy to make his trunk prettier, so instead of a trunk Guy draws a big fake nose (厶).

gòu = g + ou4

see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]

shuǐ = shu + ei3

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

氵 = ⺀ + ㇀ : Mnemonic symbol: a bottle of water. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) enjoys a bottle of water (氵) in the Eiffel Tower's living room (ei3). The got the water by scratching (㇀) a blossom (⺀) and catching the leaking dew in a bottle.

Characters with 沟 as component

沟 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 沟

groin (anatomy)

gutter

(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4]

(fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉

marine trench

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

gluteal fold

Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]

Mentougou district of Beijing municipality

Mentougou district of Beijing

to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], Ningxia

Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平羅縣|平罗县[Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan 石嘴山[Shi2 zui3 shan1], Ningxia

Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

Longtan Ravine, scenic area in Xixia county 西峽縣|西峡县[Xi1 xia2 xian4], Nanyang 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan

nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines

buttock cleavage / butt crack

sulcus (neuroanatomy)

Sentences with 沟

沟 currently does not appear in any sentence.