堰

堰 U+5830, 堰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5830 ← 堯 [U+582F] CJK Unified Ideographs 報 → [U+5831]

Translingual

Han character

堰 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土尸日女 (GSAV), four-corner 4111₄, composition ⿰土匽)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 234, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5274
• Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 461, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5830

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Chinese

trad.		堰
simp. #		堰
2nd round simp.		𪣈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
堰	*qrens, *qanʔ, *qans
躽	*qrens, *qeːnʔ
宴	*qeːnʔ, *qeːns
蝘	*qeːnʔ, *qanʔ
偃	*qanʔ
郾	*qanʔ, *qans
鶠	*qanʔ
褗	*qanʔ, *qans
匽	*qanʔ
鼴	*qanʔ
鰋	*qanʔ
揠	*qreːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans) : semantic 土 (“earth, ground”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 堰

1. weir
2. dam
3. embankment; dike; bank

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Japanese

Kanji

堰

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. dam
2. prevent
3. stop up

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: せき (seki, 堰)、せく (seku, 堰く)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
堰
せき Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

堰(せき) • (seki) 

1. weir, dam

Usage notes

In technical contexts this is distinguished from dam.

Synonyms

• ダム (damu, “dam”)
• 堰堤(えんてい) (entei, “dam”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
堰
い Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

堰(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. a dike or levee for containing water

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Korean

Hanja

堰 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堰: Hán Nôm readings: yển

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References

• Nom Foundation