Taxonomy of meanings for 陂:　　

Additional information about 陂

說文解字: 【陂】，阪也。一曰：沱也。从 𨸏 、皮聲。 〔小徐本「从𨸏、皮聲」在「一曰」之前。〕 【彼爲切】

Criteria
• DIKE
  

  1. The general word for a dike preventing the passage of water is tí 堤 / 隄. Huge water works started in the Warring States period.

  2. Bēi 陂 refers specifically to a dam surrounding a rain water reservoir. [Mentioned already in SHIJING]

  3. Yàn 堰 refers to a low dam.The oldest evidence of the word dates from the Eastern Han period.

  4. Táng 塘 refers to a very large dam constraining the water in a large river or lake. See also POOL. It was also built to protect against sea water.

  5. Fáng 防／坊 refers to protective dikes of varying size; it is mentioned already in SHI.

  6. Tí fáng 隄防 is a current general way of referring to the dams and dikes in the country.

  NB: Bà 壩 is a post-Buddhist term for a dam.

Word relations
• Assoc: (DIKE)池/POND The most common word for an artificial lake of any kind is chí 池, and this word typically refers to a meandering lake, sometimes close in shape to a moat, particularly round elevated terraces and the like, around gardens and orchards, but also as part of palaces. 2 Attributions