溉 (gài) · to irrigate, to water (fields)

Meanings

1 to irrigate
2 to water (fields)

Characters

溉

gài

to irrigate

Examples

HSK 7-9

农民用河水灌溉农田。

Nóngmín yòng héshuǐ guàngài nóngtián.

Farmers use river water to irrigate the fields.

HSK 7-9

这条水渠能灌溉万顷良田。

Zhè tiáo shuǐqú néng guàngài wàn qǐng liángtián.

This canal can irrigate ten thousand hectares of farmland.

Tips

usage

溉 appears almost only in 灌溉 (to irrigate), the standard word for watering crops through channels or pumps.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water (left-side form of 水)

The three-drop water radical (left-side form of 水) gives the meaning: directing water to the fields.

phonetic

既 jì

already; since

On the right 既 supplies the sound, shifted from jì to gài. It serves purely as the phonetic element.

Stroke Order

溉 gài

Related Words

灌溉 guàngài HSK 7-9 #21,728

to irrigate / irrigation

冲 chōng HSK 5 #809

(of water) to dash against / to mix with water; to infuse / to rinse; to flush / to develop (film) / to rise (in the air) / to clash; to collide

热水 rèshuǐ #7,080

hot water; boiled water

水面 shuǐmiàn HSK 6 #7,805

water surface / surface of the water

凉水 liángshuǐ #30,123

cold water; cool water / unboiled water

灌 guàn HSK 7-9 #5,182

to pour; to irrigate / to fill; to force-feed

坎 kǎn #9,731

pit; hole / ridge between fields / hardship; difficulty / one of the Eight Trigrams (water)

滚 gǔn HSK 5 #781

to boil (of water) / to roll; to tumble / Get lost!

井 jǐng HSK 6 #4,177

well (for water) / mine shaft; pit

煮 zhǔ HSK 5 #2,982

to boil; to cook (in water) / to stew; to simmer