溉
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to irrigate
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 溉
- Common rank
- #4,204
- Unicode
- U+6E89
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
irrigate · Heisig RSH #2527
食 food + 既 since
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 溉
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地面灌溉 | surface irrigation | |
| 灌溉渠 | irrigation channel | |
| 灌溉 | to irrigate | |
| 溉涤 | to wash |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 既 — compare how they read.