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 難大中土 (XKLG), composition ⿱斩土)

  1. moat, trench, pit, cavity

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

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

Glyph origin

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

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