埭

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dài
Cantonese: dai6 doi6
JapaneseKun: SEKI
JapaneseOn: TAI DAI
Korean: THAY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a dam, a jock; inclined plane on a canal, where boats can be hauled up or down

CE-Dict: dam

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】埭
【唐韻】徒耐切【集韻】【韻會】待戴切【正韻】度耐切，𠀤音代。以土堰水也。往來舟舶征𣙜之所，兩岸樹轉軸，遇舟過，以綆繫舟尾，或以人，或以牛，推軸輓之而前。【晉中興書】以牛車牽埭，取其稅。又謝元堰呂梁埭通漕。　又地名。石埭，在池州東南。【寰宇記】貴池之源有兩石，橫亘溪上如埭，因名。　𡍖通作𥓏。俗作埭。

CF-Dict: barrage de terre

Han-De-Dict: Damm, Deich (u.E.)