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埂

gěng
noun #54,752

Meanings

  1. 1 a raised ridge between fields; a low earth dyke
  2. 2 a low strip of raised ground

Examples

HSK 6
被子没铺平，起了个埂子。
Bèizi méi pū píng, qǐ le gè gěngzi.
The blanket wasn't smoothed out and had a ridge in it.
HSK 7-9
农民沿着田埂去查看秧苗。
Nóngmín yánzhe tiángěng qù chákàn yāngmiáo.
The farmer walked along the field ridge to inspect the seedlings.

Tips

usage
Most often 田埂 - the narrow raised path between paddy fields used for walking and holding water. More loosely 埂子 is any long ridge-shaped bump.

Components

radical
土 tǔ
earth; soil
Left side is the earth radical 土, since a field ridge is a built-up bank of soil.
phonetic
更 gēng
to change; sound element
Right side 更 is the sound element; the reading shifts tone from 更 to 埂.

Stroke Order

埂 gěng