埲
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Meaning: classifier for walls
💡 Think 'bang' as a wall slamming shut—埲 is the classifier for walls.
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Character Story & Explanation
In a rural village, an old man points to a crumbling earth wall: '这埲墙有百年了' (zhè běng qiáng yǒu bǎi nián le), using 埲 as a specific classifier for walls. This rare character appears mainly in dialects, emphasizing the wall as a solid, earthen structure. It reflects China's agricultural heritage where mud walls were common.
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