Keyword
weir
- dam
- dike
- embankment
- Frequency
- #3294
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
yàn
Mnemonic
土 (earth) gives the meaning and 匽 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
都江堰
Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site
十堰市
Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省 (HúběiShěng)
堰
weir
都江堰市
Dujiangyan, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市 (ChéngdūShì), Sichuan
堰塞湖
barrier lake; landslide dam; dammed lake
围堰
a cofferdam
塘堰
irrigation pond or dam