渠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qú, jù
Cantonese: keoi4
JapaneseKun: MIZO KARE NANZO
JapaneseOn: KYO
Korean: KE
Vietnamese: cừ

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ditch, canal, channel, gutter

CE-Dict: big/stream or canal/drain/ditch/CL:條|条[tiao2]/him (toplect)/outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a canal; a ditch; a channel

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: canal; channel; ditch; trench

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: dyke; trench

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》渠水所居。从水，榘省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】渠
【唐韻】彊魚切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】求於切，𠀤音蕖。【說文】水所居也。【禮·曲禮】溝渠必步。　又水名。【前漢·地理志】渠水首受江，北至射陽入湖。　又渠渠，勤也。【詩·秦風】夏屋渠渠。【箋】渠渠，猶勤勤也。【註】深廣貌。　又大也。【史記·司馬相如傳】誅其渠帥。　又樂章名。【魯語】金奏肆夏樊遏渠。【註】納夏一名渠。　又漸也。【淮南子·汜論訓】渠幨以守。【註】渠，漸也。　又軒渠，笑貌。【後漢·方技傳】軒渠笑自若。　又俗謂他人爲渠儂。　又水名。【水經注】水出鄭縣南巴嶺，流逕宕渠縣。謂之宕渠水。　又【周禮·冬官考工記】謂車輞爲渠。【山海經】韓流麟身渠股。【註】渠，車輞，言跰腳也。　又犀渠，甲名。又楯也。【吳語】文犀之渠十行。　又芋渠。【馬融·廣成頌】蘘荷芋渠。　又夫渠，荷名。別作蕖。　又姓。【史記·年表】漢渠復縈。　又【集韻】其據切，音遽。與詎同。【字林】未知詞也。【史記·張儀傳】且蘇君在儀，寧渠能乎。　又與遽通。【史記·陸賈傳】使我居中國，何渠不若漢。　又【正韻】臼許切，音巨。義同。

CF-Dict: canal