溉 (gài): to irrigate
溉 (gài) is a Chinese character meaning “to irrigate.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 既 (phonetic). It ranks #2927 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 溉 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to irrigate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灌溉verb | guàn gài | to irrigate |
| 地面灌溉 | dì miàn guàn gài | surface irrigation |
| 灌溉渠 | guàn gài qú | irrigation channel |
| 溉涤 | gài dí | to wash |
溉 appears in 4 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 溉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的溉边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de gài biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play along the clear irrigation ditches, catching little fish and shrimp.
随着冰川萎缩，旱季径流将减少，灌溉与城市取水更紧张。
suí zhe bīng chuān wěi suō , hàn jì jìng liú jiāng jiǎn shǎo , guàn gài yǔ chéng shì qǔ shuǐ gēng jǐn zhāng .
As glaciers retreat, runoff during the dry season will decrease, leading to greater strain on irrigation and urban water supplies.
同时全域蒸发量激增，农业灌溉用水紧张，水资源统筹保供压力持续上升。
tóng shí quán yù zhēng fā liàng jī zēng , nóng yè guàn gài yòng shuǐ jǐn zhāng , shuǐ zī yuán tǒng chóu bǎo gōng yā lì chí xù shàng shēng .
At the same time, total evaporation has surged, leading to water shortages for agricultural irrigation and increasing pressure on the coordinated management and secure supply of water resources.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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