堰

yàn

yànspelled as ian · 4th tone — spelling rules

weir

Radical: 土 Strokes: 12

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁垂境

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Character Decomposition

堰=土+匽

Etymology

earth

Meanings

weir

yàn

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Words with 堰 30 total

a cofferdam围堰wéi yàn irrigation pond or dam塘堰táng yàn Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site都江堰Dū jiāng yàn Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省十堰市Shí yàn Shì barrier lake; landslide dam · dammed lake堰塞湖yàn sè hú Chamaeleon (constellation)堰蜓座Yàn tíng zuò Jiangyan, a district of Taizhou City 泰州市, Jiangsu姜堰区Jiāng yàn Qū Dujiangyan, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan都江堰市Dū jiāng yàn Shì counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action · to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation兵来将敌，水来土堰bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

Idioms with 堰 2 total Chain

counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action · to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation兵来将敌，水来土堰bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn