This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コウ、みぞ
Romaji: kou, mizo
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: どぶ
Romaji: dobu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1736
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-10
Korean Reading:  gu
Chinese Reading:  gou1
Unicode:  6e9d
JIS:  3942

Indexes

Halpern Index: 659
Nelson Index: 2657
New Nelson Index: 3275
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a10.9
Four Corner Index: 3514.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1263
Gakken Index: 1706
Japanese Names Index: 1859
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17944X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0154
Remembering the kanji Index: 1819
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1487
Kodansha Compact Index: 1232
Kanji in Context Index: 1499
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 473
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 604
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1836
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1960
Kodansha Kanji Index: 810
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 347
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1639

Words

(みぞ、どぶ)
ditch; drain; gutter; trench; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
海溝 (かいこう)
ocean trench; deep
盧溝橋 (ろこうきょう)
Marco Polo Bridge (China)
溝水 (どぶみず)
ditch water
どぶに捨てる (どぶにすてる)
to throw down the drain; to waste
(こう)
10^32; hundred nonillion
地溝 (ちこう)
rift valley
溝鼠 (どぶねずみ、ドブネズミ)
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; Norway rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
溝泥 (どぶどろ)
ditch mud
溝形鋼 (みぞがたこう)
channel (type of section steel)
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