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堰

dam
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingせき、せ.く
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. damRtK
  2. prevent
  3. stop up
  1. weir
  2. barrier
  3. sluice

Homonyms

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Same reading (せき)
席 · seat咳 · cough関 · gate積 · product籍 · one's family register

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

井堰せき
dam
堰くせく
to dam up (a stream)
堰堤えんてい
dam
堰板せきいた
sheeting
堰止湖せきとめこ
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
可動堰かどうぜき
canal gates
堰き止湖せきとめこ
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
堰止め湖せきとめこ
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
堰き止めるせきとめる
to dam up
堰き止め湖せきとめこ
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 堰

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