壩

See also: 坝

Translingual

Han character

壩 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+21, 24 strokes, cangjie input 土一月月 (GMBB), four-corner 4112₇, composition ⿰土霸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 242, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5630
• Dae Jaweon: page 482, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 502, character 25
• Unihan data for U+58E9

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Chinese

trad.		壩
simp.		坝*
alternative forms		垻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (霸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
壩	*praːɡs
霸	*praːɡs
灞	*praːɡs
欛	*praːɡs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *praːɡs) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 霸 (OC *praːɡs).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壩

1. dam; embankment

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

壩

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): は (ha)、へ (he)
• Kun: るせき (ruseki)

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Korean

Hanja

壩 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 壩 (bá)

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References

• Nom Foundation