渠

Han characterEdit

渠 (radical 85 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水尸木 (ESD), four-corner 3190₄)

1. ditch, canal, channel, gutter

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 633, character 48
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17764
• Dae Jaweon: page 1040, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1645, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6E20

HanziEdit

渠 (Jyutping keoi4, Yale keui4)

NounEdit

渠 (traditional and simplified, Jyutping keoi4)

1. a passage that water or other liquids may flow along, and it is made by people: channel, ditch, canal, drain

   渠務 = Drainage Services

Proper nounEdit

渠 (traditional and simplified, Jyutping keoi4)

1. Kui, a Chinese surname

PronounEdit

渠 (traditional and simplified, Jyutping keoi4)

1. 3rd person pronoun; he, she, it

   問渠哪得清如許 = ask (someone) why it (the pond) can be so clean like that

SynonymsEdit

• (3rd person pronoun): 佢

KanjiEdit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: みぞ (mizo), かれ (kare), なんぞ (nanzo)

HanjaEdit

渠 (geo) (hangeul 거, revised geo, McCune-Reischauer kŏ, Yale ke)

PronunciationEdit

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HanziEdit

渠 (Pinyin qú (qu2), Wade-Giles ch'ü²)

Han characterEdit

渠 (cừ, gừa, khờ)