Refers to a raised structure built to hold back water or support a road, similar to 堤防 (ていぼう) but less common in everyday speech.
An embankment was built to prevent the river from flooding.
That old embankment still remains as part of the rural landscape.
Standard kanji spelling for embankment or dike.
Variant kanji form; 隄 is an older character for embankment, rarely used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 堤 (embankment) and 塘 (bank, dike). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of an earthen or stone embankment.