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堰

yàn

dam, dike, embankment

🔤 Pictophonetic: 土 (earth) provides meaning, 匽 provides pronunciation
HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (35%)
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Component Breakdown

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土
tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
匽
yǎn
to hide, to repress; to bend
⿰土匽 i

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Component Tree i

tǔ
土
soil, earth; items made of earth
📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel
3 strokes HSK 5
yǎn
匽
to hide, to repress; to bend
🔤 Pictophonetic: 匸 (box) provides meaning, 妟 provides pronunciation
9 strokes

Words Using 堰 (14)

yàn
堰 ↗
weir
yànsèhú
堰塞湖 ↗
dammed lake / lake formed by landslip or lava flow
Yàntíngzuò
堰蜓座 ↗
Chamaeleon (constellation)
Jiāngyàn
姜堰 ↗
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou [[泰州<Tàizhōu>]], Jiangsu
Jiāngyànshì
姜堰市 ↗
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou [[泰州<Tàizhōu>]], Jiangsu
Dūjiāngyàn
都江堰 ↗
Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site / Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu [[成都<Chéngdū>]], Sichuan
wéiyàn
围堰 ↗
a cofferdam
Dūjiāngyànshì
都江堰市 ↗
Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu [[成都<Chéngdū>]], Sichuan
bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn
兵来将敌，水来土堰 ↗
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
Shíyàn
十堰 ↗
Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei
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