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dike
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingテイ
Kun readingつつみ

Meanings

  1. dikeRtK
    激しく防波ぶつかっThe waves dashed against the seawall.tatoeba
    洪水防いThe levee kept the floodwater back.tatoeba
  2. bank
    都市洪水から守っくれThe bank secured the city from a flood.tatoeba
    せき止めるため建設A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.tatoeba
  3. embankment
  1. reservoir
  2. pond

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

soil () · dirt () · ground () · just so · sun () · day () · mend

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 416

Compound words

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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