해자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 垓子/垓字

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̝d͡ʑa̠/
• Phonetic hangeul: 해자

Romanizations

Revised transcription	haeja
Revised transliteration	haeja
McCune–Reischauer	haeja
Yale	hayca

Noun

해자 • ‎(haeja) ‎(hanja 垓子/垓字)

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

Synonyms

• 성 ‎(seong)밑못 (城-, seong-mit-mos, -mot)
• 성하 ‎(seongha)지 (城下池, seong-ha-ji)
• 성호 ‎(seongho) (城濠, seong-ho)
• 호 ‎(ho) (濠, ho) (filled with water)
• 황 ‎(hwang) (隍, hwang) (without water)

also meaning ditch, sap, trench

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

Related terms

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

See also

• 책 ‎(chaek) (柵, chaeg, chaek) palisade, fence, fort