JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 堰

dam

dam, prevent, stop up

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
せ.くせき
Onyomi 音読み
エン
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
#1913
Strokes
12
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

せき

dam

せき止める

せきとめる

to stem (an activity)

堰を切る

せきをきる

to break a dam

堰塞

えんそく

damming (e.g. a pond)

堰止湖

せきとめこ

dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)

堰堤

えんてい

dam

堰板

せきいた

sheeting

塞く

せく

to dam up (a stream)

可動堰

かどうぜき

canal gates

土堰堤

どえんてい

earthfill dam

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

川に小さながある。

There is a small dam on the river.

そのは村の田んぼに水を送る。

That dam sends water to the village rice fields.

古いを直してから、水量が安定した。

After the old dam was repaired, the water level became stable.

で水の流れを止めた。

The flow of water was stopped by the dam.

このは雨のあとで役に立つ。

This dam is useful after rain.