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堤 means 'embankment'
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テイ
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 堤 - click the badge to download
Embankments save lives and could even be why we have government! But they're so well integrated into landscapes that you could walk on an embankment and not know it. See why Japan has built these structures for millennia. (A folktale particularly brings the topic to life.) Also find out about embankment stew, tsutsumi dolls, 'super embankments,' and a "battleship seawall."
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 堤 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 堤 is used 19 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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テイ
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テイ
(read as でい)
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noun
embankment made of earth; bank; levee (see also: 土手; obscure term)(click the word for examples and links)
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