embankment

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

贝 sound component

  Sound component

bèi

  

sea shell

Evolution

坝 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
坝 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

embankment; dam; dike; CL:|[tiáo]

Most common words with 坝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

dam

大坝

dam

水坝

dam

堤坝

dam

葛洲坝

name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan