| 堑 | |||
| moat, trench, pit, cavity | |||
| Radical | 土 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | qiàn | Cantonese reading | cim3 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 塹 | moat, trench, pit, cavity | |
| 堑 | [ qiàn ] moat around a city |
| ⇒ 吃一堑，长一智 | [ chī yī qiàn zhǎng yī zhì ] Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes. |
| ⇒ 地堑 | [ dì qiàn ] trench, rift valley |
| ⇒ 东非大地堑 | [ dōng feī dà dì qiàn ] Great East African rift valley |
| ⇒ 路堑 | [ lù qiàn ] (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway) |