渠
ditch, canal, lock
Readings
On'yomi
- キョ
Kun'yomi
- かれ
- なんぞ
- なに
- みぞ
- いずくんぞ
Nanori
- だかり
Meaning
渠 centers on an artificial water channel: a ditch, canal, or lock that controls water flow.
Most common words using 渠
- 入渠にゅうきょ
entering a dock
- 暗渠あんきょ
subterranean drain; culvert; conduit
- 船渠せんきょ
dock
- 下水道管渠げすいどうかんきょ
sewage pipe
- 乾船渠かんせんきょ
dry dock
- 出渠しゅっきょ
leaving the (repair) dock
- 函渠かんきょ
drain with an oblong cross-section
- 合流渠ごうりゅうきょ
combined sewer
- 明渠めいきょ
open ditch
- 暗渠排水あんきょはいすい
underdrainage
- 河渠かきょ
waterway; canal; river
- 渠帥きょすい
chief of bandits
- 渠河きょが
waterway; canal; river
- 溝渠こうきょ
ditch; sewer; canal
- 管渠かんきょ
pipe (e.g. sewer, storm water); culvert
- 開渠かいきょ
open ditch; open channel; open conduit; open culvert
Study
Etymology
渠 combines 氵 (water) with a phonetic component historically derived from 巨, suggesting a large water channel. The lower 木 may be a later addition or simplification, but the exact development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 flows through a giant 巨 wooden 木 structure: a canal or ditch with a lock.
Reading mnemonic
For キョ, imagine a giant key unlocking a canal lock: key -> キョ, and the water flows through the ditch.