英语 (same as 塹) the moat around a city, a pit; a hole or cavity in the ground (same as 嶄) (of a mountain) high and pointed, novel; new
阬也。一曰大也。从土斬聲。七豔切
(塹)阬也。江沅曰。阬、閬也。閬、門高大之皃。門之高大、阬之深廣相似也。故
𨸏部阬閬也、卽緜傳之阬高貌。古毛詩葢作皋門有阬耳。塹則與阬之深廣同義。玉裁按江說是也。左氏傳注。塹、溝塹也。廣韵曰。遶城水也。史記李斯列傳。陗塹之勢異。塹乃漸之叚借。謂斗直者與陂陀者之勢不同也。从土。斬聲。依韵會如此。七豓切。八部。一曰大也。大下疑奪一字。今無攷。
