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埂 (gěng): Ditches for irrigation — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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How to write 埂 — animated stroke order
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Stroke Order Diagrams 埂

埂 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
埂
土tǔ · earth
更gèng
埂=土tǔ · earth+更gèng
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 埂

埂 handwriting practice worksheet preview
5.

Related Words: 埂

土埂 • tǔ gěng • earthen ridge
tǔ土
gěng埂

earthen ridge

埂子 • gěng zǐ • ridge; low bank
gěng埂
zǐ子

ridge; low bank

堤埂 • dī gěng • embankment; dike
dī堤
gěng埂

embankment; dike

田埂 • tián gěng • ridge between fields
tián田
gěng埂

ridge between fields

6.

Example Sentences

wèi为
le了
fáng防
zhǐ止
hóng洪
shuǐ水
，
tā他
men们
jiā加
gù固
le了
hé河
biān边
de的
dī堤
gěng埂
。

To prevent flooding, they reinforced the embankment by the river.

nóng农
mín民
men们
zǒu走
zài在
zhǎi窄
zhǎi窄
de的
tián
nóng农
mín民
zài在
tián田
biān边
xiū修
le了
yī一
tiáo
zhè这
tiáo条
tǔ土
gěng埂
bǎ把
liǎng两
kuài块
shuǐ水
tián

Information

Pinyingěng
Meaningditches for irrigation; hole
Strokes10
Radical土
Traditional埂
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#4239
Zhuyinㄍㄥˇ
UnicodeU+57C2
CangjieGMLK
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田
gěng埂
shàng上
。

The farmers are walking on the narrow ridges between the fields.

条
gěng埂
zǐ子
。

The farmer built a ridge along the field.

田
fēn分
kāi开
le了
。

This earthen ridge separates the two paddy fields.

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "geng".

  • 羹gēngsoup, broth
  • 庚gēng7th heavenly stem
  • 耿gěngbright, honest, upright
  • 梗gěngstem of flower, branch of plant
  • 耕gēngto plow, to cultivate land
  • 更gèngeven more
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Same Radical

Characters with radical "土".

  • 圳zhènfurrow in field, small drainage ditch
  • 垛duòheap, pile; pile up, heap up
  • 垣yuánlow wall
  • 壕háotrench, ditch, channel, moat
  • 埔pǔplain, arena; port, market
  • 墒shāngwet tilth
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