陻
small hill, mound, bury, dam
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Readings
On'yomi
- シュ
- ショウ
- ジュ
- トウ
- ズ
Kun'yomi
- ふさ.ぐ
Meaning
陻 centers on a small earthen rise or mound, and by extension the act of burying or blocking with earth, as in a dam.
Study
Etymology
陻 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 垔, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of earth or blocking. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ is a mound or hill, and the right side 垔 looks like earth piled up. Picture a small hill made of packed earth, used to bury something or block water like a dam.
Reading mnemonic
For シュ, imagine a shoe buried in a small mound of earth: shoe -> シュ, and the mound covers it completely.