| 澆 | |||
| spray, water, sprinkle | |||
| Radical | 水氵氺𣱱 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 12 | Total Strokes | 15 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | giu1 hiu1 |
| Japanese on reading | gyou | Japanese kun reading | sosogu |
| Korean reading | yo | Vietnamese reading | khú nhão |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 浇 | ||
| 澆 | [ ] to pour liquid, to irrigate (using waterwheel), to water, to cast (molten metal), to mold |
| 澆冷水 | [ lěng shuǐ ] to pour cold water, fig. to discourage |
| 澆水 | [ shuǐ ] to water (plants etc) |
| 澆注 | [ zhù ] to cast (metal) |
| 澆灌 | [ guàn ] to water, to irrigate |
| 澆築 | [ zhù ] to pour (concrete etc) |
| 澆花 | [ huā ] to water the plants, to water the garden |
| 澆鑄 | [ zhù ] to cast (molten metal), to mold |
| ⇒ 借酒澆愁 | [ jiè jiǔ choú ] to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol) |
| ⇒ 火上澆油 | [ huǒ shàng yoú ] to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation, to enrage people and make matters worse |
| ⇒ 蓋澆飯 | [ gaì fàn ] rice with meat and vegetables |