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堑
塹
qiàn
1. moat around a city
Uncommon • Top 86%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

堑
qiàn
moat, pit, trench; cavity
11 丶

Compound Words (3)

地堑
dìqiàn
trench, rift valley
东非大地堑
DōngFēidàdìqiàn
Great East African rift valley
吃一堑，长一智
chīyīqiàn,zhǎngyīzhì
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,419
Word Frequency Rank
72,201 of 84,292