堠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 土
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hòu
Cantonese: hau6
JapaneseKun: MONOMI
JapaneseOn: KOU KU
Korean: HWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: battlements, battlemented walls

CE-Dict: mounds for beacons

康熙字典文字版 【丑集中】【土字部】堠
【廣韻】胡遘切【集韻】下遘切【韻會】【正韻】胡茂切，𠀤音后。土堡也。　又封土爲壇，以記里也。五里隻堠，十里雙堠。【韓愈·路傍堠詩】堆堆路傍堠，一雙復一隻。　【六書故】作堠。通作𠋫。堠字从𥎦作。

CF-Dict: (ancien) butte de terre servant de balise