Word Meaning

あぜ aze

畦 is read as あぜ (aze) and means ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel.

Meaning

English

  1. ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel
  2. ridge of earth between rice fields
  3. footpath between rice fields
  4. causeway

Reading

Kana

あぜ

Romaji

aze

Writing Variants

  • あぜ aze
  • くろ kuro

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Example Sentences

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あぜをあるくとあしもとがすこしぬかるんでいた。

When I walked along the rice paddy ridge, the ground underfoot was a little muddy.

ちちはあぜのくさをあさはやくかった。

My father cut the grass on the rice paddy ridge early in the morning.

そのあぜがとなりのたとのさかいになっている。

That ridge marks the boundary with the neighboring rice field.

あぜにさくちいさなはながかぜにゆれていた。

Small flowers blooming on the ridge swayed in the wind.

はたけのうねをまっすぐつくるのはいがいにむずかしい。

Making straight furrows in a field is surprisingly difficult.

このじのあぜにはうねのいみもある。

This character also has the meaning of furrow.

じしょではあぜをこうちのくぎりとしてせつめいしている。

The dictionary explains this character as a boundary dividing cultivated land.

ふるいほんではあぜにあばらのいみもみえる。

In old books, this character can also be seen used with the meaning rib.

こどもたちはあぜにならんでゆうやけをみていた。

The children stood in a line on the ridge watching the sunset.