渠 - qú - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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渠

qú

Definition

big
stream or canal
drain
ditch
him (dialect)
outer rim of a carriage wheel (old)

Other pronunciations

jù

how can it be that?

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

lotus

Tridacna gigas

Related words (12)

trench

irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; means

渠魁

qú kuí

rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain

trunk canal

canal

channel; moat; irrigation canal

河渠

hé qú

rivers and canals; waterway

irrigation channel

stone channel (e.g. drain)

drainage

irrigation channel

outflow channel

Idioms (1)

水到渠成

shuǐ dào qú chéng

(lit.) where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); (fig.) when conditions are right, success will follow naturally

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