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Kanji Detail for 壕 - "moat, ditch, defense"
壕
- Meaning
壕 means "moat, ditch, defense."
Moat - A defensive ditch around a castle.
Trench - A fortification channel.
Dugout - An excavated shelter.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
trench; dugout; air raid shelter
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
trench, ditch, channel, moat
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
moat; (military) trench
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ditch; trench; channel, moat
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A moat below city walls. Also written as 濠. Also, trenches dug on battlefields are called 壕溝, used for defense and blocking enemies.
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