堑

堑

See also: 塹

堑 U+5811, 堑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5811 ← 堐 [U+5810] CJK Unified Ideographs 堒 → [U+5812]

Translingual

Han character

堑 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大中土 (KLG) or X大中土 (XKLG), composition ⿱斩土)

1. moat, trench, pit, cavity

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 232, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 452, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5811

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 堑 – see 塹 (“A deep pit or trench, especially a city moat; A natural barrier; etc.”). (This character, 堑, is the simplified form of 塹.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 斩 (“earth”) + semantic 土.