堰
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
dam, prevent, stop up
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- エン
- Kun (native)
- せき
- せ(く)
- Other languages
- 拼音yan4
- 한글eon
- Hán-ViệtYển
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 土(つち)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+5830
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土匽
Words using this kanji
- 堰せきdam, weir, barrier, sluice
- 堰堤えんてい治水・貯水などのために川や谷を横断して作った堤防。dam, weir
- 堰板せきいたsheeting, sheathing board, cover
- 堰塞えんそく流水をせきとめること。damming (e.g. a pond)
- 堰止湖せきとめこdammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
- 堰を切るせきをきるto break a dam, to burst out
- 堰を切ったようせきをきったようgushing forth, bursting out
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-9- Four Corner
4111.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b9.12- Heisig
- 2305
- Nelson
- 1111