灌
guàn
to irrigate
to pour; to install (software); to record (music)
water (氵) + phonetic (雚) = pour or irrigate
The water radical anchors the core idea of directing water somewhere — pouring it into a vessel, channeling it through fields, or loading something with a stream of data. 雚 contributes the sound guàn and does not carry meaning here.
她把水慢慢地灌进花盆里。
tā bǎ shuǐ màn màn de guàn jìn huā pén lǐ。
She slowly poured water into the flower pot.
农民每天都要给田地灌水。
nóng mín měi tiān dōu yào gěi tián dì guàn shuǐ。
The farmers have to irrigate the fields every day.
Words with 灌
灌注
guàn zhù
to pour or inject (a liquid or substance) into sth
喷灌
pēn guàn
sprinkler irrigation
醍醐灌顶
tí hú guàn dǐng
lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom
电灌站
diàn guàn zhàn
electric pumping station in irrigation system
倒灌
dào guàn
to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)
全神灌注
quán shén guàn zhù
variant of 全神貫注|全神贯注[quan2 shen2 guan4 zhu4]
地面灌溉
dì miàn guàn gài
surface irrigation
戳心灌髓
chuō xīn guàn suǐ
(idiom) to strike at one's core; to deeply hurt sb
春灌
chūn guàn
spring irrigation
沃灌
wò guàn
to irrigate
海水倒灌
hǎi shuǐ dào guàn
saltwater intrusion
淤灌
yū guàn
to warp (fertilize land by flooding)