塹 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qiàn

moat

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

斬 Sound component

zhǎn

chop

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qiàn

moat, trench, pit, cavity; moat around a city

Most common words with 塹

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	堑	moat around a city
	路堑	(civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
	地堑	trench, rift valley

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[tsʰ]am-s	tshjemH	qiàn	moat; dig out

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3420th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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