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The traditional character 溝, representing a watercourse such as a ditch or canal, is structurally composed of the water radical 氵 combined with 冓, a component that historically provided phonetic approximation and possibly conveyed a sense of framing or intersection. In its simplified form 沟, the element 冓 is replaced by 勾, which serves a primarily phonetic function while simplifying the graphic structure. The semantic focus has remained on artificial waterways, but its application broadened to include natural gullies and extended metaphorically to any narrow, linear depression.
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沟里有很多水。
小心路上的小水沟。
那条沟渠是用来灌溉的。
我们需要沟通一下这个问题。
两代人之间存在着代沟。
挖掘机正在挖掘一条深沟。
历史的鸿沟难以轻易跨越。
复杂的地形布满了纵横的沟壑。