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埂

gěng

Character

What 埂 means

1. strip of high ground
2. low earth dyke separating fields

Words starting with 埂

• 埂子gěng zistrip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields

Words containing 埂

• 田埂tián gěngembankment between fields
• 土埂tǔ gěngembankment between fields

Characters built on 更

These share the phonetic component 更 (gèng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 梗gěngbranch; stem; stalk
• 哽gěngto choke with emotion; to choke on a piece of food
• 鲠gěngto choke on a piece of food

Sounds the same

Read gěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 梗branch; stem; stalk
• 颈used in 脖颈
• 耿(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright
• 哽to choke with emotion; to choke on a piece of food
• 绠(literary) well rope (for drawing water)
• 鲠to choke on a piece of food
• 郠(place name)