坝 — Chinese character
坝
bà
embankment; dam
- Pinyin
- bà
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 土 贝
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 贝
- Traditional
- 垻 壩
Common words with 坝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大坝 (大壩) | dà bà | dam |
| 水坝 (水壩) | shuǐ bà | dam; dike |
| 堤坝 (堤壩) | dī bà | dam; dike |
| 溃坝 (潰壩) | kuì bà | (of a dam) to be breached; to burst |
| 沙坝 (沙壩) | shā bà | a sandbank; a sand bar |
| 土坝 (土壩) | tǔ bà | earth dam; dam of earth and rocks (as opposed to waterproof dam of clay or concrete) |
| 拱坝 (拱壩) | gǒng bà | an arch dam |
| 拦河坝 (攔河壩) | lán hé bà | a dam across a river |
| 院坝 (院壩) | yuàn bà | (dialect) courtyard |
| 冰坝 (冰壩) | bīng bà | freezing blockage; dam of ice on river |
English words written with 坝
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.