埂 (gěng): a raised ridge between fields;…

Meanings

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.

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.

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.

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.

埂 gěng