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堤

dike
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingテイ
Kun readingつつみ

Meanings

  1. dikeRtK
    波が激しく防波堤にぶつかった。The waves dashed against the seawall.tatoeba
    堤防が洪水を防いだ。The levee kept the floodwater back.tatoeba
  2. bank
    堤防が都市を洪水から守ってくれた。The bank secured the city from a flood.tatoeba
    川の水をせき止めるために堤防が建設された。A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.tatoeba
  3. embankment
  1. reservoir
  2. pond

Homonyms

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Same reading (つつみ)
包み · bundle

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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

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

Compound words

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 堤

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