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Kanji Detail for 圩 - "embankment, hollow"
圩
- Meaning
圩 means "embankment, hollow."
Embankment - A dike; a levee.
Hollow - Concave in the center.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dike; embankment
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
dike, embankment
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
dike
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
dike, embankment
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An embankment. Between the Yangzi and Huai rivers, where water is higher than fields, building dikes to protect against water is called 圩. Now also called 圩田 (polder fields). Sometimes read like 園.
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