해자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 垓子/垓字

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[he̞d͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic Hangul[해자]

Revised Romanization? haeja Revised Romanization (translit.)? haeja McCune–Reischauer? haeja Yale Romanization? hayca

Noun

해자 • (haeja) (hanja 垓子/垓字)

1. edge, boundary (of a garden, graveyard, mausoleum, etc.)
2. moat, fosse

Synonyms

• 성밑못 (城밑못, seongminmot)
• 성하지 (城下池, seonghaji)
• 성호 (城濠, seongho)
• 호 (濠, ho) (filled with water)
• 황 (隍, hwang) (without water)

(also meaning ditch, sap, trench)

• 참호 (塹壕, chamho)
• 참 (塹, cham)
• 호 (壕, ho)

Related terms

• 해 (垓, hae): edge (of land), boundary; defence
• 자 (字, ja): ideograph

See also

• 책 (柵, chaek): palisade, fence, fort