Translingual

Han character

堰 (radical 32 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土尸日女 (GSAV), four-corner 4111₄, composition ⿰土匽)

1. dam
2. embankment, dike, bank

References

• KangXi: page 234, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5274
• Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 461, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5830

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation

Definitions

堰

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: えん (en)
• Kun: せき (seki), せく (seku)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) せ​き [séꜜkì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi]

Noun

堰 ‎(hiragana せき, romaji seki)

1. weir, dam

Usage notes

In technical contexts this is distinguished from dam.

Synonyms

• ダム ‎(damu, “dam”)
• 堰堤 (えんてい) ‎(entei, “dam”)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

堰 • ‎(eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune-Reischauer ŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堰 (yển)

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References

• Nom Foundation