堰
Readings
Kana:
エン、せき、せ.く
Romaji:
en, seki, se.ku
Meanings
dam, prevent, stop up
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
12
Radical Number:
32
Frequency:
1913
Grade:
9
Skip Pattern:
1-3-9
Korean Reading:
eon
Chinese Reading:
yan4
Unicode:
5830
JIS:
3161
Indexes
Nelson Index: 1111
New Nelson Index: 1055
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b9.12
Four Corner Index: 4111.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5274
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0216
Remembering the kanji Index: 2191
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 510
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2305
Kodansha Kanji Index: 676
Words
堰
(せき、いせき、い)
dam; weir; barrier; sluice
塞く
(せく)
to dam (up) (stream)
せき止める
(せきとめる)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to bring to a halt; to intercept; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
堰止湖
(せきとめこ)
dammed lake (formed by natural damming of a river, esp. by landslide, volcanic eruption, etc.)
せきを切る
(せきをきる)
to break a dam and gush forth; to burst out