해자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 垓子/垓字

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɛd͡ʑa̠] ~ [he̞d͡ʑa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [해자/헤자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	haeja
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	haeja
McCune–Reischauer^?	haeja
Yale Romanization^?	hayca

Noun

해자 • (haeja) (hanja 垓子/垓字)

edge, boundary (of a garden, graveyard, mausoleum, etc.)
moat, fosse

Synonyms

성밑못 (城밑못, seongminmot)
성하지 (城下池, seonghaji)
성호 (城濠, seongho)
호 (濠, ho) (filled with water)
황 (隍, hwang) (without water)

(also meaning ditch, sap, trench)

참호 (塹壕, chamho)
참 (塹, cham)
호 (壕, ho)

Related terms

해 (垓, hae): edge (of land), boundary; defence
자 (字, ja): ideograph

See also

책 (柵, chaek): palisade, fence, fort

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