What 堹 means
堹 names a pond embankment or field ridge. It refers to the raised strip of earth used to hold or separate water.
Taiwan's Ministry of Education variant dictionary says 《說文》, an early Chinese dictionary of characters, does not list 堹 (as of 2024). The earliest dictionary record is in 《廣韻》 (1008), a Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme; it glosses 堹 as 池塘塍埂, a phrase for a pond bank and field ridge. 《集韻》 and later Kangxi dictionary entries repeat the sense. Records from China's Song–Qing period use it for stone embankments, water-control repairs, and a named embankment.
What does 堹 mean when someone sends it?
Read it literally, then ask for its phrase or source. The character has no established emoji meaning as of 2026; surrounding text may show whether it means a pond bank, field ridge, or named feature.
Specialized and lexicographic: a historical term for a physical embankment.
One bare 堹 does not tell you which embankment or source is meant.
Who writes 堹
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA literal character for an embankment; the source phrase narrows which feature it names.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
2Is 堹 an emoji?
No. It names a physical embankment in writing; its appearance comes from a font, not emoji artwork.
Why does 堹 show as a box?
The font being used lacks its glyph. Switch to a font that supports Han characters; the underlying character remains 堹.
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How to type or find 堹
- Search it as
- 堹 embankment · pond dike · field ridge · earthen bank · levee character · Cangjie input · 塍 · 埂
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
堹\5839Codes and encoding1 code points
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