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埂
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ditches for irrigation

HSK 10
Human →Body
gěng
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.
Components
土 earth+ 更 even more =
埂 ditches for irrigation
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
更 Phonetic component
gèng even more
more, still further, much more
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Notes
Similar Characters
压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth坍 landslide
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
埂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
埂 [gěng]
strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
田埂 [tián​gěng] #36,450
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
土埂 [tǔ​gěng] #62,360
embankment or foothpath between paddy fields
埂子 [gěng​zi]
strip of high ground