< Korean < Words
둑
- RR: duk
둑1

Schematic cross-section of Offa's Dyke, showing the design intended to protect Mercia against attacks/raids from Powys.
The deep ditch makes the high dyke.
Korean 굳 (gud, "ditch") is the anagram as well as antonym of 둑 (dug, "dyke").
- dyke, levee, bank, embankment, dam [2]
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- WHY & HOW it is vital
- Wikipedia: Yu the Great #Great Yu controls the waters (大禹, c. 2123–2025 BC)
- From: Wikipedia: Great Flood (China)
- He figures prominently in the Chinese legend of "Great Yu Who Controlled the Waters" (Chinese: 大禹治水; pinyin: Dà Yǔ Zhì Shuǐ).
- Still in 2020 summer, we saw such a disastrous flooding along the Yangtze River.
- The readers do miss the story of such a thrilling success he made by controlling the huge body of water that he may well be called the father of flood control, or 한물(hanmur, "flood") + 아비(abi, "father") in Korean wordplay.
- See also
- Korean/Words/굳 or #굳
- Korean/Words/둔 or #둔
- Korean/Words/담 or #담
- Culture/Origin
- Korean dictionaries
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- Footnotes
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- 높은 길을 내려고 쌓은 언덕.
- 둑을 쌓다.
- 하천이나 호수의 물, 바닷물의 범람을 막기 위하여 설치하는, 흙이나 콘크리트 따위로 만든 구축물.
- 저수지 둑
- 물이 둑 위로 넘쳤다.
- 들판과 바닷가는 방파제의 둑으로 나누어져 있었고 둑 아래로 성난 바닷물이 끓어오르고 있었다.
- 출처 <<최인호, 지구인>>
- 보를 만들거나 논밭을 보호할 목적으로 쌓은 언덕.
- dike, bank, embankment
- 높은 길을 내려고 쌓은 언덕.
- ↑ Compare Korean/Words/담 as well as wikt: dam.
- ↑ cf. dike #English, ditch #English
- ↑ You might wonder why this should come first.
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