Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32

Kunyomi: みぞ

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コウ 10^32, hundred nonillion

コウキョ ditch, sewer, canal

排水 ハイスイコウ drainage, gutter, ditch

カイコウ ocean trench, deep

Kunyomi Examples

みぞ ditch, drain, gutter, trench, groove, tread, gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift

みぞかくし Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)

押さえ おさえみぞ groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade

逃げ にげみぞ clearance groove, under cut