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塹
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堑
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pit

HSK 10
Abstract →Space
qiàn
ザン、セン
ほり、あな
참
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (塹)
土 earth+ 斬 hew =
塹 pit
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
斬 Phonetic component
hew
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Simplified (堑)
土 earth+ 斩 sever =
堑 moat
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
斩 Phonetic component
zhǎn sever
cut, chop, sever
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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)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
塹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
堑 / 塹 [qiàn]
moat around a city
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
路堑 [lù​qiàn] #58,065
(civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
地堑 [dì​qiàn] #64,764
trench, rift valley
吃一堑，长一智 [chī​yī​qiàn​, ​zhǎng​yī​zhì]
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
东非大地堑 [Dōng​Fēi​dà​dì​qiàn]
Great East African rift valley
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
塹壕 [ざんごう] #33,959
trench
塹壕戦 [ざんごうせん] #92,030
trench warfare
塹壕熱 [ざんごうねつ] #225,290
trench fever