洫
ditch
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Readings
On'yomi
- キョク
Kun'yomi
- みぞ
Meaning
洫 centers on a man-made channel for water: a ditch or trench used for drainage or irrigation.
Study
Etymology
洫 combines 氵 (water) with 血, which likely contributes the sound キョク and suggests a channel or conduit, forming the idea of a water ditch.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 flows through a blood-like 血 channel: imagine a narrow ditch carrying water like veins carry blood.
Reading mnemonic
For キョク, picture a curved ditch shaped like a giant letter 'K' that you walk: 'K walk' -> キョク, and the water flows through the K-shaped trench.