溝

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.

溝 character breakdown

溝
- 冓
  - 井
    - 丨
    - 丿
    - 二
      - 一
  - 再
    - 一
    - 冉
      - 冂
        
        丨
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
      - 土
        
        一
        
        十
        
        一
        
        丨
      - ⺆
        
        丿
        
        ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
- 氵
  - ⺀
    - 丶
  - ㇀

gòu = g + ou4

inner rooms of palace / ten billions

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 溝 as component

溝 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 溝

groin (anatomy)

(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

(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]

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]

buttock cleavage / butt crack

sulcus (neuroanatomy)

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]

furrow

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)

nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines

paronychia (medicine)

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]

Sentences with 溝

溝 currently does not appear in any sentence.