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Meaning of 堞

Pinyin dié

Radical

土

Strokes

Definition

battlements

Usage

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堞 [dié] 1. A low wall on a city wall resembling teeth. Example: 城～ (city ramparts), 雉～ (parapet), ～楼 (battlement), ～口 (battlement entrance). 本义: 城墙上如齿状的矮墙 Original meaning: A low wall on the city wall resembling teeth. 造字法: 形声。从土。葉(yè)声。 Character formation: Phono-semantic compound. The left part is 土 (earth), and the sound component is 葉 (yè). 引: 1.《说文》：堞，城上女垣也。按，古城用土，加以砖墙，为之射墙也，亦谓之陴，或谓之陴倪。 Texture: "Shuowen": 堞 is a female wall (battlement) above the city. According to ancient practices, cities were made from earth, then incorporated with brick walls, referred to as射墙, also known as陴 or 陴倪. 2. 《左传·襄公六年》：傅于堞。 Example: "Zuo Zhuan, Year Six of Duke Xiang": "Fu is on the battlement." 例: 又如: 雉堞; 城堞 Also: parading battlements; city parapets.

雉堞 zhì dié

crenellation / crenelation