dike

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

is a component form of .

是 sound component

  Sound component

shì

  

is

Evolution

隄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隄 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
隄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dike, embankment

() 

variant of [dī]

Most common words with 隄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

dike

堤坝

dam

堤防

dike

堤岸

bank

决堤

(of dikes) to collapse