Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 堰せき を 造つく る to build a weir at a place
The villagers built a weir in the river to draw water into the rice fields.
堰せき で 水すい 量りょう を 調ちょう 整せい する to regulate the amount of water with a weir
They regulate the water volume with a weir to prevent flooding downstream.
堰せき が 決けっ 壊かい する for a weir to burst or collapse
The heavy rain caused the weir to burst, flooding the surrounding fields.
Expressions 堰せき を 切き ったよう gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam Related words ダム refers to a large-scale dam built for water storage or power generation, while 堰 is usually a smaller barrier used to control or divert water flow.
水門 is a floodgate with movable gates that can be opened or closed to control water flow, while 堰 is a fixed or semi-fixed barrier that raises the water level.
堤防 is an embankment or levee built along a river to prevent flooding, while 堰 crosses the river to control or divert the flow itself.
Don't confuse with 関 (せき ) shares the same reading with 堰 but means a checkpoint or barrier for people or traffic, not a structure for controlling water.
咳 (せき ) is pronounced identically to 堰 but means 'cough' and has nothing to do with water control.
堰 is a weir or small dam built to block or control the flow of water, whereas 堤 is an embankment built alongside water to hold it back.
堤防 is a levee built to keep water out during floods, while 堰 is a weir or small dam built across a river to control or divert the water's flow.
Counted with 堰 is typically counted with 基 , the counter used for installed structures such as weirs, monuments, or towers.
Word family sheeting board; stop plank; dam board
movable weir; adjustable dam gate
dammed lake (natural damming)
Etymology The kanji 堰 is a phono-semantic compound: 土 (earth) + 匽 (phonetic, also meaning 'to block'). The reading せき is the native Japanese kun'yomi.
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