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dike

HSK 10
Objects →Buildings
yàn
エン
せき、せ.く
언
Components
土 earth+ 匽 to hide =
堰 dike
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
earth
匽 Phonetic component
yǎn to hide
to hide, to secrete, to repress
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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
Chinese
堰 [yàn]
weir
Japanese
堰 、 井堰 せき 、 いせき 、 い (old) 同音
noun dam; weir; barrier; sluice
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
堰 せき
Seki place namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (19)
围堰 [wéi​yàn] #25,633
a cofferdam
围堰 [wéi​yàn] #25,633
a cofferdam
都江堰 [Dū​jiāng​yàn] #27,251
Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site
十堰 [Shí​yàn] #34,310
Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei
十堰市 [Shí​yàn​shì] #42,471
Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei
都江堰市 [Dū​jiāng​yàn​shì] #44,273
Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都[Chéng​dū], Sichuan
姜堰 [Jiāng​yàn] #55,126
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州[Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu
姜堰 [Jiāng​yàn] #55,126
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州[Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu
姜堰市 [Jiāng​yàn​shì] #55,453
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州[Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu
姜堰市 [Jiāng​yàn​shì] #55,453
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州[Tài​zhōu], Jiangsu
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
堰を切ったよう [せきをきったよう] #25,476
gushing forth
⭐ 堰 [せき] #29,542
dam
せき止める [せきとめる] #33,982
to dam up
堰を切る [せきをきる] #42,321
to break a dam
塞く [せく] #104,964
to dam up (a stream)
堰堤 [えんてい] #131,004
dam
可動堰 [かどうぜき] #173,987
canal gates
堰止湖 [せきとめこ] #269,385
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
堰板 [せきいた] #296,306
sheeting
堰塞 [えんそく]
damming (e.g. a pond)
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