moat around a city
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堑 is an 11 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as qiàn in the fourth tone.
In traditional Chinese the character 塹 is used.
It is made up of the components 斩 (to behead) and 土 (earth).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 堑
Definitions for 堑 pronounced as qiàn
- moat around a city
Vocabulary
The most common words for 堑 — see all
- Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
- trench, rift valley
- Great East African rift valley