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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hè | he4
English translation
gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

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A ditch  carved in the earth  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

㕡土

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zài dào yíng qián Huán shèng 两三百英尺 yīng chǐ de 地方 dìfāng ,碰到 pèng dào 一道 yī dào 沟壑 gōu hè 切断 qiē duàn de .

There was draw they had to cross a few hundred feet before they reached 1 st Battalion.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gully
沟壑 gōu hè gorge溝壑
欲壑难填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed慾壑難填
以邻为壑 yǐ lín wéi hè to use one's neighbor as a drain以鄰為壑
丘壑 qiū hè hills and valleys丘壑 qiū hè
林壑 lín hè woods and ravines林壑 lín hè
岩壑 yán hè rocky mountain valley岩壑 yán hè
山壑 shān hè gullies山壑 shān hè
崖壑 yá hè valley崖壑 yá hè

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