堰 — Chinese character
堰
yàn
dam, dike, embankment
- Pinyin
- yàn
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 土 匽
- Formation
- pictophonetic — earth; meaning component 土; sound component 匽
- Japanese
- 堰 as a kanji
Common words with 堰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 堰塞湖 | yàn sè hú | barrier lake; landslide dam; dammed lake |
| 围堰 (圍堰) | wéi yàn | a cofferdam |
| 塘堰 | táng yàn | irrigation pond or dam |
English words written with 堰
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.