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
  - ㇀

冓

gòu = g + ou4

inner rooms of palace / ten billions

氵

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

龙

龍

lóng

潭

tán

沟

溝

go̅u

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

Sentences with 溝

溝 currently does not appear in any sentence.