堰

堰 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土尸日女 (GSAV), four-corner 4111₄, composition ⿰土匽)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 234, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5274
• Dae Jaweon: page 471, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 461, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5830

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qrens, *qanʔ, *qans): semantic 土 (“earth, ground”) + phonetic 匽 (OC *qanʔ).

堰

1. weir
2. dam
3. embankment; dike; bank

• “堰”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “堰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 276.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. dam
2. prevent
3. stop up

• Go-on: えん (en)
• Kan-on: えん (en)
• Kun: せき (seki, 堰)、せく (seku, 堰く)

From the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb せく (“to dam”).

• (Tokyo) せき [séꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi]

堰(せき) • (seki) 

1. weir, dam

In technical contexts this is distinguished from dam.

• ダム (damu, “dam”)
• 堰堤(えんてい) (entei, “dam”)

• (Tokyo) い [íꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [i]

堰(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)?}

1. a dike or levee for containing water

堰 • (eon) (hangeul 언, revised eon, McCune–Reischauer ŏn)

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堰: Hán Nôm readings: yển

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